manure
verb/məˈnjʊə(r)/
/məˈnʊr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they manure | /məˈnjʊə(r)/ /məˈnʊr/ |
| he / she / it manures | /məˈnjʊəz/ /məˈnʊrz/ |
| past simple manured | /məˈnjʊəd/ /məˈnʊrd/ |
| past participle manured | /məˈnjʊəd/ /məˈnʊrd/ |
| -ing form manuring | /məˈnjʊərɪŋ/ /məˈnʊrɪŋ/ |
- manure something to put manure on or in soil to help plants growTopics Farmingc2, Gardensc2Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘cultivate (land)’): from Anglo-Norman French mainoverer, Old French manouvrer , from medieval Latin manuoperare from Latin manus ‘hand’ + operari ‘to work’. The noun sense dates from the mid 16th cent.
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