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MANURE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter materialplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("manure" is a kind of...):

organic; organic fertiliser; organic fertilizer (a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manure"):

chicken manure (chicken excreta used as fertilizer)

cow manure (cow excreta used as fertilizer)

green manure (a growing crop that is plowed under to enrich soil)

horse manure (horse excreta used as fertilizer)

night soil (human excreta used as fertilizer)

Derivation:

manure (spread manure, as for fertilization)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they manure  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it manures  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: manured  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: manured  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: manuring  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

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Meaning:

Spread manure, as for fertilizationplay

Synonyms:

manure; muck

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "manure" is one way to...):

scatter; spread; spread out (strew or distribute over an area)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

manure (any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material)

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