Definition of manicure
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: manicurist
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: a treatment for the care of the hands and fingernails
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Examples of manicure in a Sentence
She gets a manicure every week or so.
Recent Examples of manicure from the Web
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The salon will offer manicures, pedicures and waxing services.
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The Saints provided a stylist on game days, but Davis paid for semi-monthly manicures, a makeup set for community appearances, an annual spray tan membership, false eyelashes for every game and appearance and 20 pairs of tights each year.
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Cat pedicures After getting your morning manicure May 12, head to the Humane Animal Welfare Society, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, to give your cat a pedicure. HAWS staff and volunteers will be on hand to help.
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Makeup artist Patrick Ta worked his magic on Ariana with a dreamy lilac eye look that perfectly coordinated with the singer's manicure, seriously making us want to go matchy-matchy this season.
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Night to Shine finds dry cleaners donating unclaimed dresses and suits, florist giving flowers and salons providing free hair, makeup and manicures.
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While Meghan and Kate both kept their makeup and manicures simple and wore similar loose waves in their hair, Kate’s blue silk Issa dress was dressier than the sleeveless dark green dress Meghan wore.
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While many hotels have long offered manicures and pedicures to the under-12 set, tweens are now getting a broader menu of treatments.
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Everyone at the party wore a special hat called a fascinator specifically ordered for the occasion, and some even splurged on new pajamas, slippers, manicures and pedicures.
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Origin and Etymology of manicure
French, from Latin manus hand + French -icure (as in pédicure pedicure) — more at manual
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First Known Use: 1877
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of manicure
manicured;
manicuring
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: to do manicure work on;
especially
: to trim and polish the fingernails of
2 a
: to trim closely and evenly
- manicured lawns
b
: groom 2
- manicured flower beds
Examples of manicure in a Sentence
She spends her weekends working in her garden and manicuring her lawn.
Recent Examples of manicure from the Web
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The people who wash, tidy up and manicure the ballpark can do only so much, however.
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Idyllic weather helped the project along, as community groups, families, and individual residents picked up trash, manicured the shrubbery in Veterans Memorial Park in Jewett City, and hauled waste to the town transfer station.
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This was arguably the state's nicest field for two decades in the '80s and '90s with legendary coach Jerry Dawson painstakingly manicuring the field on his riding mower.
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We were required to have nails manicured with light or clear polish.
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Your lawn gets manicured more often than your nails.
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This leafy, rural, if manicured, area has always been wealthy, and in recent years the wealthy, as is their wont, have grown wealthier.
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This leafy, rural, if manicured, area has always been wealthy, and in recent years the wealthy, as is their wont, have grown wealthier.
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The longtime Snohomish baseball coach — who for 25 years could be seen mowing, trimming and manicuring the field at Snohomish High School — is calling it a career.
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First Known Use of manicure
circa 1890
MANICURE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of manicure for English Language Learners
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: a treatment to improve the appearance and health of the hands and fingernails
manicure
Definition of manicure for English Language Learners
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: to give a beauty treatment to (someone's hands and fingernails) : to give a manicure to (someone's hands and fingernails)
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: to make (something, such as a lawn or a garden) look neat, smooth, and attractive
MANICURE Defined for Kids
Definition of manicure for Students
: a treatment for the care of the hands and fingernails
Definition of manicure for Students
manicured;
manicuring
: to give a beauty treatment to the hands and fingernails
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