manure
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manure
- /məˈnjʊə/ UK
- /məˈnjɔː/ UK
- /məˈnʊɹ/ US
- /məˈnj(ʊ)ɚ/ Ireland
Rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”). Displaced native (in the plural) Old English mes.
verb manures · manuring · manured
- To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. A woman that wandring in our coaſtes hath bought / A plot for price: where ſhe a citie ſet: / To whom we gaue the ſtrond for to manure.
- To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver). The farmer manured his fallow field.
noun manures
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Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
1985, Biff Tannen (portrayed by Thomas F. Wilson), Back to the Future.
I hate manure!
Similar: dung
- Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser. vegetable manure [= green manure]
- Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit. “You know the police think I killed Marge, don't you?” “What a load of manure! I couldn't believe it when I read the paper.”
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: muck, compost, fertilizer, farmyard, fertiliser, dung, barnyard, strawy, dirt, slurry, poo, mist, fertilization, stool, excrement, scat
Translations
Every language
verb to cultivate by manual labor
| Español | cultivar |
|---|---|
| Русский | возде́лывать vozdélyvatʹ, культиви́ровать kulʹtivírovatʹ |
verb to apply manure
| Español | estercolar, abonar |
|---|---|
| Português | estercar, estrumar |
| Deutsch | düngen |
| Italiano | concimare |
| Ελληνικά | λιπαίνω lipaíno |
| Русский | удобря́ть udobrjátʹ, удо́брить udóbritʹ, унаво́живать unavóživatʹ, унаво́зить unavózitʹ |
| العربية | سَمَّدَ sammada |
noun excrement
| Español | estiércol, abono |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비료 biryo, 똥 ttong, 똥거름 ttonggeoreum |
| 日本語 | 肥 koe, 肥料 hiryō |
| 中文 | 肥料 féiliào, 糞肥 /粪肥 fènféi, 糞 /粪 fèn |
| हिन्दी | खाद khād, पांस pāns |
| Kiswahili | mbolea |
| Português | estrume, esterco |
| Français | fumier, purin |
| Deutsch | Mist, Dung, Odel |
| Italiano | letame, stallatico |
| Ελληνικά | κοπριά kopriá |
| Română | bălegar |
| Русский | наво́з navóz, удобре́ние udobrénije, гной gnoj |
| Tiếng Việt | phân, phân bón |
| العربية | رَوْث rawṯ, سَمَاد samād, بِرَاز birāz |
| עברית | זֶבֶל zével |
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