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DUNG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fecal matter of animals
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dung" is a kind of...):
BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dung"):
buffalo chip; chip; cow chip; cow dung (a piece of dried bovine dung)
coprolite (fossil excrement; petrified dung)
pigeon droppings (droppings of pigeons)
cow pie; cowpie (fecal matter of a cow)
Derivation:
dung (defecate; used of animals)
dung (fertilize or dress with dung)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Defecate; used of animals
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "dung" is one way to...):
ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit (have a bowel movement)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
dung (fecal matter of animals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fertilize or dress with dung
Example:
you must dung the land
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dung" is one way to...):
feed; fertilise; fertilize (provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
dung (fecal matter of animals)
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