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[muh-noo
r, -nyoor] 
noun, verb, -nured, -nur⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | excrement, esp. of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer. |
| 2. | any natural or artificial substance for fertilizing the soil. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to treat (land) with fertilizing matter; apply manure to. |
Related forms:
ma⋅nur⋅er, noun
ma⋅nu⋅ri⋅al, adjective
ma⋅nu⋅ri⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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| ma·nure (mə-nŏŏr', -nyŏŏr') n. Material, especially barnyard or stable dung, often with discarded animal bedding, used to fertilize soil. tr.v. ma·nured, ma·nur·ing, ma·nures To fertilize (soil) by applying material such as barnyard dung. [From Middle English manuren, to cultivate land, from Anglo-Norman mainouverer, from Vulgar Latin *manūoperāre, to work with the hands : Latin manū, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots + Latin operārī, to work; see op- in Indo-European roots.] ma·nur'er n., ma·nu'ri·al adj. |
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Manure
Ma*nure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured; p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring.] [Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. man?uvker. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. Inure.]1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.] To whom we gave the strand for to manure. --Surrey. Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. --Donne. 2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance. The blood of English shall manure the ground. --Shak.Manure
Ma*nure"\, n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. --Dryden.
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Language Translation for : manure
Spanish:
estiércol,
German:
der Dünger,
Japanese:
肥料
manure (v.)
c.1400, "to cultivate land," also "to hold property," from Anglo-Fr. meynoverer, from O.Fr. manouvrer "to work with the hands," from M.L. manuoperare, from L. manu operari, from manu, abl. of manus "hand" (see manual) + operari "to work, operate" (see operation). Sense of "work the earth" led to "put dung on the soil" (1599) and to the current noun meaning "dung spread as fertilizer," which is first attested 1549. Until late 18c., however, the verb still was used in a fig. sense of "to cultivate the mind, train the mental powers."
"It is ... his own painfull study ... that manures and improves his ministeriall gifts." [Milton, 1641]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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