Definition of manure in English:
- Ancient farmers discovered that plant yield could be increased on a plot of land by spreading animal manure throughout.
- High rainfall washes more animal manure off the land into watercourses.
- The increase in animal density has presented a challenge in the collection, storage, and land application of manure.
- Organic fertilizers and manures may also be used.
- Most organic farmers try to supply their nitrogen needs with legumes in the crop rotation or with manures and composts.
- The findings will be used to minimise application of chemical fertilisers and using organic manures.
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- He manured his arable land meticulously and liberally, offering to care for his neighbours' cattle free of charge over the winter months in order to guarantee his supply.
- We cleaned horse stalls, manured the land by hand, and the landlord plowed it.
- They had been working hard at manuring our fruit trees after the recent rains.
manoeuvre from mid 18th century:
Soldiers, sailors, and farmers come together in the words manoeuvre and manure (Late Middle English), which share the Latin origin manu operari ‘to work with the hand’, from manus ‘hand’ ( see manage, manner). The earliest sense of manoeuvre, which came from French in the mid 18th century, was ‘a planned movement of military or naval forces’. Old French gave us manure in the late Middle Ages. Then it had the senses ‘to cultivate land’ and ‘to administer or manage land or property’—the use for dung used on the land dates from the mid 16th century.
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