Definition of manure

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ma·nure    (m-nr, -nyr) KEY  

NOUN:

Material, especially barnyard or stable dung, often with discarded animal bedding, used to fertilize soil.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
ma·nured , ma·nur·ing , ma·nures

To fertilize (soil) by applying material such as barnyard dung.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English manuren, to cultivate land, from Anglo-Norman mainouverer, from Vulgar Latin *manoperre, to work with the hands : Latin man, ablative of manus, hand; see man- ² in Indo-European roots + Latin operr, to work; see op- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
ma·nurer (Noun), ma·nuri·al (Adjective)

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