noun
manicure
MA-nih-kyuur
noun
1
A cosmetic treatment that cleans, shapes, and polishes the fingernails.
"She treated herself to a manicure before the wedding."
verb
1
To give someone's nails such a treatment.
"The salon manicures both hands and feet."
2
To trim or groom something very neatly and precisely.
"The gardener manicured the lawn until every blade was even."
How to Use Manicure
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishNail care and grooming, or, more broadly, trimming something to look perfectly neat.
Common pairings
get a manicure
manicured lawn
manicured nails
Word Forms
manicured past tense, manicures plural, manicures singular
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Etymology
From French manucure, built from Latin manus ("hand") and cura ("care").