as in soil
solid discharge from farm animals that is used to make soil better for growing plants
a bag of cow manure
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Recent Examples of manure
Amend heavier soil with compost, manure, or sand to improve drainage.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
At the meeting in March, Jane Oliver asked the council to investigate the health risk of the flies coming from the manure and the irrigation ditch on the edge of the property.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
Hay bales stacked 5 to 6 feet tall now line the property, along with a trench filled with rocks and what appears to be manure.
—Quinn Clark, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
City street cleaners had once picked up horse manure, so wasn’t this their job?
—Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
At the meeting in March, Jane Oliver asked the council to investigate the health risk of the flies coming from the manure and the irrigation ditch on the edge of the property.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
Hay bales stacked 5 to 6 feet tall now line the property, along with a trench filled with rocks and what appears to be manure.
—Quinn Clark, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
City street cleaners had once picked up horse manure, so wasn’t this their job?
—Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manure
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For example, most labels won’t tell you what kind of soil a plant needs; only some plants can handle the dense, alkaline clay soil common in the Chicago area.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Many solitary wasps dig nesting chambers in sandy soils, like the cicada killer and the great golden digger wasps.—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Release of dung increases soil organic carbon and helps build soil structure that improves water filtration and soil aeration.—
Paige Stein,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
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They can be sampled using standardized trapping methods worldwide, since they are easily attracted to dung and carrion, which allows for comparable data across different regions.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The highest-scoring, fastest-flying team on the ice this season just can't seem to completely solve the lock-down, muck-up-the-middle approach of the Los Angeles Kings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Popular with airboaters, froggers and fishermen, the swampy muck beneath the water may have acted as a pincushion, essentially swallowing the disabled DC-9 aircraft.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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This has been shown to improve IBS symptoms such as gassiness, stool pressure, and diarrhea for people with IBS-D, or IBS with diarrhea as the main symptom.—
Brittany Dube,
Health,
5 May 2026
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Down her leg, under her favorite nightgown, came loose stool, clumps of it falling across the carpet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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The city’s cost-of-service study said collecting the three different categories of waste — solid, recyclable and organic — would cost up to $148 million this year, up from $83 million last year.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The team also found that alcohols generated directly from plastic waste delivered yields above 80 percent.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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“Manure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manure. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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