manure
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as…Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
» Dung beetles eat and bury manure.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
Mist, Dung, Odel
наво́зnavóz, удобре́ниеudobrénije, гнойgnoj
гнійhnij
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.
vegetable manure [= green manure]
livestock manures
(countable, euphemistic, uncountable)Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.
- any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
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Origin
From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-NormanFrom Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”). Displaced native (in the plural) Old English mes.
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plural: manuresSynonyms
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12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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