manicure
noun
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
manicuring
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present participleof manicure.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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She does much of the grocery shopping, helps with the cooking and has learned to use the riding lawn mower, manicuring the yard when Craig is busy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The whacker whirred, manicuring a blanket of short-cropped grass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
“I will say, out of the four Olympics I’ve been to, the manicuring and just how precise and beautiful everything is, is above and beyond,” he said after his winning race in Zhangjiakou.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
That changed in 1932 when Revlon launched what we now know as nail polish and opened this aspect of manicuring to the masses.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2021
He put the manicuring table in the front window and he plopped me right there and I worked in the window.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
