manure

[muh-noor, -nyoor]

noun

1. excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.

2. any natural or artificial substance for fertilizing the soil.

verb (used with object)

manured, manuring 

1. to treat (land) with fertilizing matter; apply manure to.

manure

/ məˈnjʊə /

noun

1. animal excreta, usually with straw, used to fertilize land

2. any material, esp chemical fertilizer, used to fertilize land

verb

1. (tr) to spread manure upon (fields or soil)

Other Word Forms

• manurer noun
• manurial adjective
• manurially adverb
• well-manured adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of manure¹

1350–1400; Middle English manouren to till, cultivate < Middle French manouvrer to do manual work. See maneuver

Word History and Origins

Origin of manure¹

C14: from Medieval Latin manuopera ; manual work; see _manoeuvre

Example Sentences

The claimants allege pollution has been caused by run-off from farmland containing high concentrations of phosphorus, nitrogen and bacteria from the spreading of poultry manure and sewage bio solids used as fertiliser.

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Today, sizable mounds of horse manure dot Warm Springs, a remote area along the eastern edge of Mono Lake that Marquart had raised the alarm about during his tenure.

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Recently, that helped them catch a suspected nighthawker hiding behind a pile of manure after his footprints on the fresh dung heap shone up on thermal imaging.

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The dust particles are made up of agricultural chemicals from miles of lettuce and spinach fields, manure from livestock operations, diesel exhaust, unpaved roads and fine debris from lithium mining.

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To keep the soil productive the fields are rested over the summer, and fertilised with cow manure.

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Related Words

• compost 
• droppings 
• dung 
• excrement 
• mulch