manure
/məˈnʊɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).
noun
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A woman that wandring in our coaſtes hath bought / A plot for price: where ſhe a citie ſet: / To whom we gaue the ſtrond for to manure."
- "Manure thyself then; to thyself be approved; / And with vain, outward things be no more moved."
- "The farmer manured his fallow field."
- "My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...]"
- "1985, Biff Tannen (portrayed by Thomas F. Wilson), Back to the Future. I hate manure!"
- "1988, Dave Mustaine, "Hook in Mouth", Megadeth, So Far, So Good... So What!. M, they will cover your grave with manure"
Etymology
From 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /məˈnʊɹ/
- British English: /məˈnjʊə/