ma·nure /məˈnʊr, ˈnjʊr/
 肥料,糞肥(vt.)施肥于


 Ma·nure v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring.]
 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.]
    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.

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 ma·nure n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance. Especially,, dung, the contents of stables and barnyards, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc.

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 manure
      n : any animal or plant material used to fertilize land
          especially animal excreta usually with litter material
      v : spread manure, as for fertilization [syn: muck]