manure

Plural: manures

Noun

any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.
Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.

Verb

Verb Forms: manured, manuring, manures

To fertilize soil with organic matter, especially animal excrement.
spread manure, as for fertilization
To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).

Examples

After a bad turn, she hoped to MANURE her Scrabble board with high-scoring words.
livestock manures
The farmer manured his fallow field.
vegetable manure [⁠= green manure⁠]

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”).

Synonyms

muck

Scrabble Score: 8

manure: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
manure: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
manure: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

manure: valid Words With Friends Word