Manures vs Matures - What's the difference?
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As a verb manures is ( manure). As a noun matures is .
manures English
Verb
(head)
(manure)
Anagrams
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manure English
Verb
( manur)
To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
* Surrey
- to whom we gave the strand for to manure
* John Donne
- Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; / And with vain, outward things be no more moved.
To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).
- The farmer manured his fallow field.
* Shakespeare
- The blood of English shall manure the ground.
Derived terms
* manurable
See also
* to fertilize
Noun
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
* '>citation
Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not.
* Sir Humphry Davy
- 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.
Derived terms
* humanure
See also
* fertilizer
* muck
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matures English
Verb
(head)
(mature)
Anagrams
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mature English
Adjective
( en-adj)
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
- She is quite mature for her age.
Profound; careful.
- The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
(obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
Antonyms
* (grown up) childish, immature
* (profound) superficial
Verb
To become mature; to ripen.
To gain experience or wisdom with age.
(finance) To reach the date when payment is due
Derived terms
* mature up
Related terms
* matureness
* maturity
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