manure

UK: /məˈnjʊə^r/ US: /məˈnʊr, -ˈnjʊr/ ,(mə nŏŏr′, -nyŏŏr′)

Inflections of 'manure' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

manures

v 3rd person singular

manuring

v pres p

manured

v past

manured

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ma•nure /məˈnʊr, -ˈnyʊr/   n. [uncountable]

1. solid waste material from animals, used as a substance to fertilize soil.

See -man-¹.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ma•nure  (mə nŏŏr′, -nyŏŏr′), n., v., -nured, -nur•ing. 
n. 

1. excrement, esp. of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
2. any natural or artificial substance for fertilizing the soil.

v.t. 

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

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

ma•nur′er, n. 
ma•nu′ri•al, adj. 
ma•nu′ri•al•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

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. (transitive) to spread manure upon (fields or soil)

Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin manuopera; manual work; see manoeuvre

maˈnurer noun