MANURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does manure mean?
• MANURE (noun)
The noun MANURE has 1 sense:
1. any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
Familiarity information: MANURE used as a noun is very rare.
• MANURE (verb)
The verb MANURE has 1 sense:
1. spread manure, as for fertilization
Familiarity information: MANURE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MANURE (noun)
Meaning:
Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
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)
• MANURE (verb)
Meaning:
Spread manure, as for fertilization
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
manure; muck
Hypernyms (to "manure" is one way to...):
scatter; spread; spread out (strew or distribute over an area)
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