manure

Speech parts

1. manure - Noun

2. manure - Verb

Meaning

To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.

Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

muck potash dress dung sewerage hoe mire crud feed urine mud dirt garbage dressing sewage

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Antonyms

base basis whole middle core root

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Hypernyms

spread organic scatter spread out organic fertilizer organic fertiliser

Hyponyms

green manure night soil horse manure cow manure chicken manure

Phrases with the word

manure worm barnyard manure cattle manure fold yard manure latter manure manure weed

Derivatives

manured manuring

Anagrams

Menura Marune

Examples

They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure. Ernest Hemingway

If I discover a manure which will enable me to make a piece of land produce 20 per cent more corn, I may withdraw at least a portion of my capital from the most unproductive part of my farm. David Ricardo

Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts. Ezra Pound

There is no better manure than the farmer's foot. English Proverb

The master's eye and foot are the best manure for the field. Dutch Proverb

Better make profit out of manure than losses with musk. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

manurable manurage manurance manure fork manure heap manure spreader