Sekirov Dictionary

manure

UK /məˈnjʊə/US /məˈnʊɹ/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 4

noun3

•
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
- I hate manure! — 1985
•
Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.
- livestock manures
•
(informal, euphemistic) 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.” — 2005

verb2

•
To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).
- The farmer manured his fallow field.
•
(literary, no longer used) 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. — 1557

forms

manured · manuring · manures · manureth

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