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manure

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /məˈnjʊə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /məˈnjɔː/
  • General-American: /məˈnʊɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH0 N UH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dung

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • vegetable manure [⁠= green manure⁠]
  • livestock manures

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, euphemistic, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, literary

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The farmer manured his fallow field.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organic, organic fertilizer, organic fertiliser

Narrower terms: chicken manure, cow manure, green manure, horse manure, night soil

7

verb

Meaning 7

spread manure, as for fertilization

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: muck

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spread, scatter, spread out

History

Etymology

From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”). Displaced native (in the plural) Old English mes.

Across languages

Translations

204 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bajgë — excrement
  • Arabic: رَوْث (rawṯ) — excrement
  • Arabic: سَمَاد (samād) — excrement
  • Arabic: بِرَاز (birāz) — excrement
  • Arabic: زبل (zibl) — excrement
  • Arabic: غبار (ḡəbar) — excrement
  • Arabic: مازير (mæzir) — excrement
  • Armenian: գոմաղբ (gomaġb) — excrement
  • Aromanian: baligã — excrement
  • Azerbaijani: peyin — excrement
  • Azerbaijani: gübrə — excrement
  • Belarusian: гной (hnoj) — excrement
  • Bengali: সার (śar) — excrement
  • Bhojpuri: खाद (khād) — excrement
  • Bulgarian: есте́ствен тор (estéstven tor) — excrement
  • Bulgarian: тор (tor) — excrement
  • Bulgarian: гюбре́ (gjubré) — excrement
  • Burmese: မြေဩဇာ (mreau:ja) — excrement
  • Catalan: fem — excrement
  • Chamicuro: tuki — excrement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肥料 (féiliào) — excrement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糞肥 /粪肥 (fènféi) — excrement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糞 /粪 (fèn) — excrement
  • Czech: hnůj — excrement
  • Dalmatian: lotum — excrement
  • Danish: møg — excrement
  • Danish: gødning — excrement
  • Dutch: mest — excrement
  • Esperanto: sterko — excrement
  • Estonian: sõnnik — excrement
  • Finnish: lanta — excrement
  • Finnish: sonta — excrement
  • Finnish: paska — excrement
  • Finnish: uloste — excrement
  • French: fumier — excrement
  • French: purin — excrement
  • Galician: estrume — excrement
  • Galician: esterco — excrement
  • Galician: cuito — excrement
  • Gallo: fien — excrement
  • Georgian: ნეხვი (nexvi) — excrement
  • Georgian: ნაკელი (naḳeli) — excrement
  • Georgian: ფუნე (pune) — excrement
  • German: Mist — excrement
  • German: Dung — excrement
  • German: Odel — excrement
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (maihstus) — excrement
  • Greek: κοπριά (kopriá) — excrement
  • Ancient Greek: κοπριά (kopriá) — excrement
  • Ancient Greek: κόπρος (kópros) — excrement
  • Ancient Greek: σπέλεθος (spélethos) — excrement
  • Hebrew: זֶבֶל (zével) — excrement
  • Hindi: खाद (khād) — excrement
  • Hindi: पांस (pāns) — excrement
  • Hungarian: trágya — excrement
  • Icelandic: mykja — excrement
  • Indonesian: pupuk — excrement
  • Irish: aoileach — excrement
  • Italian: letame — excrement
  • Italian: stallatico — excrement
  • Japanese: 肥 (koe) — excrement
  • Japanese: 肥料 (hiryō) — excrement
  • Kazakh: көң (köñ) — excrement
  • Khmer: ជីហរិត (cii haʼrɨt) — excrement
  • Khmer: ជីអាចម៍សត្វ (cii ʼac sat) — excrement
  • Korean: 비료 (biryo) — excrement
  • Korean: 똥 (ttong) — excrement
  • Korean: 똥거름 (ttonggeoreum) — excrement
  • Central Kurdish: پەیین (peyîn) — excrement
  • Northern Kurdish: peyîn — excrement
  • Kyrgyz: көң (köŋ) — excrement
  • Kyrgyz: кык (kık) — excrement
  • Lao: ໂຄທາ (khō thā) — excrement
  • Latin: stercus — excrement
  • Latin: fimum — excrement
  • Latin: fimus — excrement
  • Latvian: mēsli — excrement
  • Lithuanian: mėšlas — excrement
  • Low German: Mest — excrement
  • Low German: Mess — excrement
  • Low German: Mist — excrement
  • Luxembourgish: Mëscht — excrement
  • Macedonian: лепешка (lepeška) — excrement
  • Macedonian: ѓубриво (ǵubrivo) — excrement
  • Macedonian: ѓубре (ǵubre) — excrement
  • Malay: baja — excrement
  • Maltese: demel — excrement
  • Manx: eoylley — excrement
  • Māori: wairākau — excrement
  • Māori: maniua — excrement
  • Mongolian: аргал (argal) — excrement
  • Norman: conré — excrement
  • Norman: feunmyi — excrement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: møkk — excrement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjødsel — excrement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: møkk — excrement
  • Occitan: fem — excrement
  • Occitan: fems — excrement
  • Ojibwe: moo — excrement
  • Pashto: غوشېړ (ǧošéṛ) — excrement
  • Pashto: مېزر (mezár) — excrement
  • Pashto: ډېرۍ (ḍerǝ́y) — excrement
  • Pennsylvania German: Mischt — excrement
  • Iranian Persian: کود (kud) — excrement
  • Iranian Persian: سَرْگین (sargin) — excrement
  • Iranian Persian: سِرْگین (sergin) — excrement
  • Plautdietsch: Mest — excrement
  • Polish: nawóz — excrement
  • Polish: gnój — excrement
  • Portuguese: estrume — excrement
  • Portuguese: esterco — excrement
  • Quechua: wanu — excrement
  • Romagnol: aldàn — excrement
  • Romanian: bălegar — excrement
  • Russian: наво́з (navóz) — excrement
  • Russian: удобре́ние (udobrénije) — excrement
  • Russian: гной (gnoj) — excrement
  • Scottish Gaelic: buachar — excrement
  • Scottish Gaelic: leasachadh — excrement
  • Scottish Gaelic: todhar — excrement
  • Serbo-Croatian: бале́га — excrement
  • Serbo-Croatian: гно̑ј — excrement
  • Serbo-Croatian: baléga — excrement
  • Serbo-Croatian: gnȏj — excrement
  • Slovak: hnoj — excrement
  • Slovene: gnoj — excrement
  • Spanish: estiércol — excrement
  • Spanish: abono — excrement
  • Sundanese: manur — excrement
  • Swahili: mbolea — excrement
  • Swedish: gödsel — excrement
  • Tajik: пору (poru) — excrement
  • Tajik: саргин (sargin) — excrement
  • Tamil: இயற்கை உரம் (iyaṟkai uram) — excrement
  • Tashelhit: amzzur — excrement
  • Thai: ปุ๋ย (bpǔi) — excrement
  • Thai: ปุ๋ยคอก (bpǔi-kɔ̂ɔk) — excrement
  • Tocharian B: weṃts — excrement
  • Turkish: gübre — excrement
  • Ottoman Turkish: فشقی (fışkı) — excrement
  • Ottoman Turkish: تزك (tezek) — excrement
  • Turkmen: dökün — excrement
  • Ukrainian: гній (hnij) — excrement
  • Urdu: کھاد (khād) — excrement
  • Uyghur: چىلە (chile) — excrement
  • Uyghur: ئوغۇت (oghut) — excrement
  • Uzbek: oʻgʻit — excrement
  • Uzbek: goʻng — excrement
  • Venetan: leame — excrement
  • Venetan: grasa — excrement
  • Vietnamese: phân — excrement
  • Vietnamese: phân bón — excrement
  • Walloon: ansene — excrement
  • Welsh: tail — excrement
  • Yiddish: מיסט (mist) — excrement
  • Yoruba: ẹlẹ́bọ́tọ — excrement
  • Finnish: lannoite — fertiliser
  • Bulgarian: култиви́рам (kultivíram) — to cultivate by manual labor
  • Dutch: cultiveren — to cultivate by manual labor
  • Galician: cultivar — to cultivate by manual labor
  • Russian: возде́лывать (vozdélyvatʹ) — to cultivate by manual labor
  • Russian: культиви́ровать (kulʹtivírovatʹ) — to cultivate by manual labor
  • Spanish: cultivar — to cultivate by manual labor
  • Arabic: سَمَّدَ (sammada) — to apply manure
  • Belarusian: угно́йваць (uhnójvacʹ) — to apply manure
  • Belarusian: угнаі́ць (uhnaícʹ) — to apply manure
  • Belarusian: удабра́ць (udabrácʹ) — to apply manure
  • Belarusian: удо́брыць (udóbrycʹ) — to apply manure
  • Bulgarian: торя́ (torjá) — to apply manure
  • Catalan: adobar — to apply manure
  • Czech: hnojit — to apply manure
  • Czech: pohnojit — to apply manure
  • Danish: gøde — to apply manure
  • Danish: gødske — to apply manure
  • Dutch: bemesten — to apply manure
  • Esperanto: sterki — to apply manure
  • Finnish: levittää lantaa — to apply manure
  • Galician: estercar — to apply manure
  • Galician: cuitar — to apply manure
  • Galician: estrumar — to apply manure
  • Galician: estercoar — to apply manure
  • Georgian: განოყიერება (ganoq̇iereba) — to apply manure
  • German: düngen — to apply manure
  • Greek: λιπαίνω (lipaíno) — to apply manure
  • Irish: leasaigh — to apply manure
  • Italian: concimare — to apply manure
  • Macedonian: ѓубри (ǵubri) — to apply manure
  • Polish: gnoić — to apply manure
  • Polish: ognoić — to apply manure
  • Portuguese: estercar — to apply manure
  • Portuguese: estrumar — to apply manure
  • Russian: удобря́ть (udobrjátʹ) — to apply manure
  • Russian: удо́брить (udóbritʹ) — to apply manure
  • Russian: унаво́живать (unavóživatʹ) — to apply manure
  • Russian: унаво́зить (unavózitʹ) — to apply manure
  • Spanish: estercolar — to apply manure
  • Spanish: abonar — to apply manure
  • Swedish: gödsla — to apply manure
  • Ottoman Turkish: فشقیلامق (fışkılamak) — to apply manure
  • Ukrainian: угно́ювати (uhnójuvaty) — to apply manure
  • Ukrainian: угної́ти (uhnojíty) — to apply manure
  • Ukrainian: удо́брювати (udóbrjuvaty) — to apply manure
  • Ukrainian: удо́брити (udóbryty) — to apply manure
  • Venetan: coltar — to apply manure
Real reading context

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