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Definitions for: Manure
[n] any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
[v] spread manure, as for fertilization
Webster (1913) Definition: Ma*nure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Manuring.] [Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work
with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. man?uvker.
See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. Inure.]
1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop
by culture. [Obs.]
To whom we gave the strand for to manure. --Surrey.
Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And
with vain, outward things be no more moved. --Donne.
2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application
of a fertilizing substance.
The blood of English shall manure the ground.
--Shak.
Ma*nure", n.
Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing
substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung,
decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. --Dryden.
Synonyms: muck
See Also: chicken manure, cow manure, green manure, horse manure, night soil, organic, organic fertiliser, organic fertilizer, scatter, spread, spread out
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