noun
manure
muh-NYOOR
noun
1
Animal dung used to fertilize soil.
"The farmer spread manure over the field before planting."
verb
1
To fertilize soil, typically with animal dung.
"They manured the vegetable patch every spring."
How to Use Manure
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAnimal waste (or occasionally other organic matter) spread on soil to help plants grow, or the act of spreading it.
Common pairings
spread manure
well-rotted manure
manure the fields
Word Forms
manured past tense, manures plural, manures singular
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman manourer, ultimately from Latin manū operārī ("to work by hand") — originally meant "to cultivate," and only later narrowed to mean fertilizer.