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MANURE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

manure (spread manure, as for fertilization)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spread manure, as for fertilization

Synonyms:

manure; muck

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "manure" is one way to...):

scatter; spread; spread out (strew or distribute over an area)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

manure (any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material)

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