manured; manuring
manurer
noun
: material that fertilizes land
especially
: refuse of stables and barnyards consisting of livestock excreta with or without litter
Examples of manure in a Sentence
Noun
a bag of cow manure
fertilizers made from animal manures
Recent Examples on the Web
Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
Is manure the future of fuel?
—Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2022
That’s a lot of mouths to feed and coats to brush and manure to shovel.
—Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2020
At Heligan, the soil was manured, aerated, and assiduously double dug for centuries; plants must have been queuing at the gates.
—Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2019
Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Commercial fertilizers and manure are available to home growers.
—Barb Sands, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
ProPublica found that another worker had accidentally run Jefferson over with a skid steer, a piece of machinery used to clear manure off barn floors.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2023
Amend soil as necessary with materials like compost, manure, wood clippings, and sphagnum peat moss.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
Monday night at Barclays Center, the Heat had to win one in the manure.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
Workers alerted Antal, who rushed to the manure lagoon.
—Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
California is a stronghold of liberalism, but the Central Valley, where the scent of manure rims the highways and cattle ranchers tend winter grass, is a redoubt of conservatism.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
The permits require farms to have plans on how to store and get rid of the massive amounts of manure produced by the animals.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
Verb
Bailey and other Nelsonville residents were profiled in a Wausau Daily Herald story in 2020 about their fears that manure from a CAFO about a mile from the small Portage County community was leaching nitrogen into their groundwater.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
Is manure the future of fuel?
—Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2022
That’s a lot of mouths to feed and coats to brush and manure to shovel.
—Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2020
At Heligan, the soil was manured, aerated, and assiduously double dug for centuries; plants must have been queuing at the gates.
—Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2019
Noun
Joy Reynolds, who runs a ranch near the lagoon, said the stench overpowers that of her horses’ manure.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Commercial fertilizers and manure are available to home growers.
—Barb Sands, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
ProPublica found that another worker had accidentally run Jefferson over with a skid steer, a piece of machinery used to clear manure off barn floors.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2023
Amend soil as necessary with materials like compost, manure, wood clippings, and sphagnum peat moss.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
Monday night at Barclays Center, the Heat had to win one in the manure.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
Workers alerted Antal, who rushed to the manure lagoon.
—Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
California is a stronghold of liberalism, but the Central Valley, where the scent of manure rims the highways and cattle ranchers tend winter grass, is a redoubt of conservatism.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
The permits require farms to have plans on how to store and get rid of the massive amounts of manure produced by the animals.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Manure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manure. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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manure
1 of 2 verb
ma·nure
mə-ˈn(y)u̇(ə)r 
manured; manuring
: to enrich by applying manure
manure a field
manure
2 of 2 noun
: material that fertilizes land
especially
: bodily waste from birds and animals in stables and barnyards with or without litter
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