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Definition of manure verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. manure something to put manure on or in soil to help plants growTopics Farmingc2, Gardensc2
    Word 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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