manure
To apply manureTo apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).
» Dung beetles eat and bury manure.
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2 sensesTo apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).
The farmer manured his fallow field.
düngen
удобря́тьudobrjátʹ, удо́бритьudóbritʹ, унаво́живатьunavóživatʹ
угно́юватиuhnójuvaty, угної́тиuhnojíty, удо́брюватиudóbrjuvaty
(archaic, literary)To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
возде́лыватьvozdélyvatʹ, культиви́роватьkulʹtivírovatʹ
- spread manure, as for fertilization
Examples
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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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Forms
manures, manuring, manured, manuredSynonyms
1 synonyms- spread manure, as for fertilization:muck
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle