[muh-noo
r, -nyoor] 
noun, verb, -nured, -nur⋅ing.| 1. | excrement, esp. of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer. |
| 2. | any natural or artificial substance for fertilizing the soil. |
| 3. | to treat (land) with fertilizing matter; apply manure to. |
| 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. |