Word Meanings - MANURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

cultivate by manual labor, F. man. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. To whom we gave the strand for to manure. Surrey. Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain,

Additional info about word: MANURE

cultivate by manual labor, F. man. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. To whom we gave the strand for to manure. Surrey. Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. Donne. 2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance. The blood of English shall manure the ground. Shak.

Related words: (words related to MANURE)

• OPERATIC; OPERATICAL
  Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera.
• LABOR-SAVING
  Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, laborsaving machinery.
• LABORIOUS
  1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all Learn these from Cato. Addison. 2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.
• IMPROVISATRICE
  See IMPROVVISATRICE
• LABORED
  Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.
• LABOROUS
  Laborious. Wyatt. -- La"bor*ous*ly, adv. Sir T. Elyot.
• LABOR
  The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging. 7. Etym: (more info) 1. Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard,
• DEVELOPMENT
  The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another
• IMPROVER
  One who, or that which, improves.
• IMPROVABILITY
  The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness.
• LABORATORY
  The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the
• MANUAL
  Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual. "Manual and ocular examination." Tatham. Manual alphabet. See Dactylology. -- Manual exercise the exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of
• IMPROVIDENTLY
  In a improvident manner. "Improvidently rash." Drayton.
• OPERANCE; OPERANCY
  The act of operating or working; operation.
• IMPROVISION
  Improvidence. Sir T. Browne.
• OPERANT
  Operative. Shak. -- n.
• IMPROVIDED
  Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared. All improvided for dread of death. E. Hall.
• CULTURE FEATURES
  The artificial features of a district as distinguished from the natural.
• IMPROVISER
  One who improvises.
• IMPROVISATIZE
  See IMPROVISATE
• SELF-CULTURE
  Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts.
• SILVICULTURE
  See SYLVICULTURE
• OVERLABOR
  1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. 2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.
• COLABORER
  One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
• ELABORATION
  The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle,
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• UNLABORED
  1. Not produced by labor or toil. "Unlabored harvests." Dryden. 2. Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field. 3. Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an unlabored style or work. Tickell.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• UNIMPROVED
  1. Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence. 2. Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings. Cowper. 3. Not
• IMPROPERATION
  The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne
• NONDEVELOPMENT
  Failure or lack of development.
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.