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man·i·cure | \ ˈma-nə-ˌkyu̇r 
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\Definition of manicure
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : manicurist
2 : a treatment for the care of the hands and fingernails
manicure
verbmanicured; manicuring
Definition of manicure (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : to do manicure work on especially : to trim and polish the fingernails of
2a : to trim closely and evenly
manicured lawns
b : groom sense 2 manicured flower beds
Examples of manicure in a Sentence
Noun
She gets a manicure every week or so. Verb
She spends her weekends working in her garden and manicuring her lawn.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Salons were fined for not meeting sanitary requirements, such as sterilizing manicure and pedicure implements after each use; properly labeling products and cleaning whirlpool foot spas.
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Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, "Houston nail salons fined in 2019 for unsanitary conditions, licensing violations," 1 Nov. 2019 And the toddler wasn’t the only one who felt calmer after the manicures.
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Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, "Firefighters Who Let This 2-Year-Old Give Them Manicures Couldn't Be Happier With the Results," 17 Oct. 2019 That, and the photos of the firefighters’ manicures, were picked up by several media outlets.
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Allison Klein, Washington Post, "Firefighters let terrified toddler paint their fingernails at an accident scene," 17 Oct. 2019 For those looking to unwind, the spa program includes five skin-care treatments, two body wraps, a manicure and pedicure, and a shampoo and blow-dry.
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Ann Abel, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Best Spas in the U.S. & Around the World: 2019 Readers' Choice Awards," 7 Oct. 2019 There is a music room, an art room, a library with books mostly in Chinese, a room to learn how to give manicures and another to learn to cut hair.
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Chris Buckley, New York Times, "China Said It Closed Muslim Detention Camps. There’s Reason to Doubt That.," 9 Aug. 2019 Other services include pet manicures and grooming, as well as workshops for owners about training, first aid and techniques to reduce dogs’ anxiety, stress and depression.
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Sara Cagle, Los Angeles Times, "A little wine, a little song moves your Southern California weekend right along," 11 Sep. 2019 But what truly sets NYFW apart is the attention to detail — not in the clothing, necessarily, but in the manicures.
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Allure, "The Coolest Nail Art and Manicures Spotted at NYFW Spring 2020," 7 Sep. 2019 Classic massages and manicures are also on the menu.
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Regan Stephens, Fortune, "This Is Where Oprah Winfrey Stays When She Visits the Jersey Shore," 24 Aug. 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb What one tries to do in that position is to manage and manicure everyone’s experience, to give them an individual experience.
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George Mccalman, SFChronicle.com, "‘A restaurant is a place of migration’: Q&A with Sebastian Craig of the Progress," 31 Oct. 2019 The new home is surrounded by sprawling green fields that were kept neatly manicured by the previous owner but are set to become beautiful pastures.
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Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Szymanski: Can’t put a price on working together on common goals, helping make dreams come true," 19 Oct. 2019 The paved and manicured back garden looks suited to lounging and entertaining, but far out back an open area of grass is left natural, roughly big enough for a badminton game.
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Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, "$1.1M Birmingham home is a 'secluded haven' on unusual lot," 22 June 2019 Her skin is bare and dewy; her long, dark hair flows effortlessly over her shoulders, her nails freshly manicured in a glossy dove gray polish.
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Noor Brara, Vogue, "At the New York City Marathon, a Young Olympian Runs for Puerto Rico," 2 Nov. 2018 At that time, a man manicuring his chest was something to be resoundingly mocked.
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Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, "Hairless Chests Abound on Reality TV, But Do Real Men Wax?," 13 Aug. 2018 Rather than play by the neutral-toned rules, Middleton has been known to ditch polish entirely for every day, keeping her nails manicured, yet bare.
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Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "Meghan Markle Wears Pink Nail Polish to Public Royal Outing," 17 July 2018 The people who wash, tidy up and manicure the ballpark can do only so much, however.
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Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Spiffy, subsidized ballpark is outperforming another bad Padres club," 30 Apr. 2018 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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Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, "Crews Clean Up Streets, Parks For Earth Day," 2 May 2018
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manicure
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of manicure
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a treatment to improve the appearance and health of the hands and fingernails
manicure
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of manicure (Entry 2 of 2)
: to give a beauty treatment to (someone's hands and fingernails) : to give a manicure to (someone's hands and fingernails)
: to make (something, such as a lawn or a garden) look neat, smooth, and attractive
See the full definition for manicure in the English Language Learners Dictionary
manicure
nounman·i·cure | \ ˈma-nə-ˌkyu̇r \
\Kids Definition of manicure
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a treatment for the care of the hands and fingernails
manicure
verbmanicured; manicuring
Kids Definition of manicure (Entry 2 of 2)
: to give a beauty treatment to the hands and fingernails
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