'Manure' definitions:
Definition of 'manure'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
verb
Spread manure, as for fertilization [syn: manure, muck]
Definition of 'Manure'
From: GCIDE
- Manure \Ma*nure"\ (m[.a]*n[=u]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured (m[.a]*n[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring.] [Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. man[oe]uvrer. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. Inure.]
- 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To whom we gave the strand for to manure. --Surrey. [1913 Webster]
- Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. --Donne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance. [1913 Webster]
- The blood of English shall manure the ground. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'manure'
From: GCIDE
- manure \ma*nure"\ (m[.a]*n[=u]r"), n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance. Especially,, dung, the contents of stables and barnyards, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]