Manure
11manure — n. to spread manure * * * [mə njʊə] to spread manure …
12manure — ma|nure1 [ mə nur ] noun uncount solid waste from farm animals, often mixed with other substances and used on crops to help them grow manure ma|nure 2 [ mə nur ] verb transitive to spread manure on the ground in a field or garden …
13manure — [[t]mənjʊ͟ə(r), AM n ʊr[/t]] manures N MASS Manure is animal faeces, sometimes mixed with chemicals, that is spread on the ground in order to make plants grow healthy and strong. ...bags of manure. ...organic manures …
14manure — I. transitive verb (manured; manuring) Etymology: Middle English manouren, from Anglo French mainouverer, meinourer to till (land), construct, create, from Medieval Latin manu operare to perform manual labor, from Latin manu by hand + operari to… …
15manure — 1. verb /məˈn(j)ur/ a) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. b) To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver). 2 …
16manure — ma|nure [məˈnjuə US məˈnur] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: manouvrer to work with the hands , from Latin manu operare; MANEUVER1] waste matter from animals that is mixed with soil to improve the soil and help plants grow >manure …
17manure — ma·nure || mÉ™ nÊŠr / njÊŠÉ™ n. waste, animal dung; fertilizer v. fertilize with manure, spread or treat land with organic material …
18manure — noun animal dung used for fertilizing land. verb apply manure to. Origin ME (in the sense cultivate (land) ): from Anglo Norman Fr. mainoverer, OFr. manouvrer (see manoeuvre) …
19manure — noun (U) waste matter from animals that is mixed with chemicals and put onto soil to produce better crops manure verb (T) …
20manure — noun spread composted manure over the strawberry plants Syn: dung, muck, excrement, droppings, ordure, guano, cow pats; fertilizer; informal cow chips, road apples, horse apples, buffalo chips, cow pies, cow patties, cow flops; turds, scat …
