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manure

[ muh-noor, -nyoor ]

noun

  1. excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
  2. any natural or artificial substance for fertilizing the soil.


verb (used with object)

, ma·nured, ma·nur·ing.
  1. to treat (land) with fertilizing matter; apply manure to.

manure

/ məˈnjʊə /

noun

  1. animal excreta, usually with straw, used to fertilize land
  2. any material, esp chemical fertilizer, used to fertilize land
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to spread manure upon (fields or soil)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • maˈnurer, noun
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Other Words From

  • ma·nurer noun
  • ma·nuri·al adjective
  • ma·nuri·al·ly adverb
  • well-ma·nured adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of manure1

1350–1400; Middle English manouren to till, cultivate < Middle French manouvrer to do manual work. See maneuver
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Word History and Origins

Origin of manure1

C14: from Medieval Latin manuopera ; manual work; see manoeuvre
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Example Sentences

"He's a tight-head prop with fast twitch. You just don't get them," he said, going on to compare their scarcity to "teddy bear", ahem, "manure".

From BBC

Together, farms like these confine over 1.7 billion farm animals in large buildings or feedlots and produce 941 billion pounds of manure, according to a report by Food and Water Watch.

From Salon

People could also barter for health services with seedlings or manure, to be used for forest restoration and farming.

From Salon

Enumerating all the other reasons not to vote for him — and there are many — would amount to shoveling another 10 pounds of manure into a 5-pound bag.

I applaud her effort to reach Fox voters and I find Baier’s disingenuous question more campaign manure that shouldn’t be spread – after all too many are eager to lap it up as if it were filet instead of excrement.

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