Manure
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“1985, Biff Tannen (portrayed by Thomas F. Wilson), Back to the Future. I hate⟳ manure!”
“1988, Dave Mustaine, "Hook in Mouth", Megadeth, So Far, So Good... So What!. M, they will cover⟳ your grave with manure”
“[T]he very wet⟳ winter will have⟳ washed much of the goodness out of the soil. Homemade compost and the load⟳ of manure we get⟳ from a friendly farmer may not be enough to compensate for what has leached from the ground.”
“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.”
“The roots of plants, disengaged from the soil in the process⟳ of tilling and cleaning it, are also employed as a vegetable manure. Some of these, however, as the couch grass, being very vivacious, would readily spring⟳ again: and therefore it is necessary that their vegetative powers be destroyed, which may be done by mixing them with lime, and forming in this way a compost. Many farmers, however, to save⟳ time, or to prevent⟳ the risk⟳ of the plants springing again, burn them in little heaps upon the ground at the time of their being collected, and spread⟳ the ashes upon the surface. This may be sometimes convenient, but the effect is, that the principal nutritive part of the plant⟳ is dissipated, and nothing left but the carbonaceous, earthy, and other insoluble matter⟳. —Low's Elements of Practical Agriculture.”
““You know⟳ the police think⟳ I killed Marge, don't you?” “What a load⟳ of manure! I couldn't believe⟳ it when I read⟳ the paper.””
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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