Definition of "manure" in английский

verb

1. (archaic, literary) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

2. To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).

   • The farmer manured his fallow field.

noun

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

2. (by extension) Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.

   • vegetable manure [⁠= green manure⁠]
   • livestock manures
   • Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain. I have never made any experiment upon this manure; but there is great reason to suppose it must contain saccharine matter; and this will account for its powerful effects.

3. (euphemistic) Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.