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Definitions: MANURING |
MANURINGNoun1. The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Manure |
Date "MANURING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | The addition of elements or other materials to the soil to increase or maintain plant yields. Fertilizers may be organic or inorganic. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Application of manure to the soil. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Synonym by domain: fertilizing (food & agriculture). |
Crosswords: MANURING |
| English words defined with "MANURING": Bedung, Boning ♦ Stercoration ♦ till. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "MANURING": Countess di Civillari ♦ potassium deficiency. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "MANURING": Sterculiaceous. (references) |
| "MANURING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 42.86% of the time. "MANURING" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 42.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 42.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "MANURING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | bemisting (dressing, fertilization), bemesting (dressing, fertilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mbulim me pleh, plehërim (fertilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تسميد (fertilization, fertilizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | торене (fertilization), наторяване (dressing, mulching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | gødskning (fertilization, fertilizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bemesting (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, fertilizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sterkado (dressing, fertilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lannoitus (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, fertilizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fumure (manure), fumage, apport d'engrais, apport de fumier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | düngend (dunging, mucking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενίσχυση με κοπριά (fertilizing), ενίσχυση με λίπασμα (fertilizing), λίπανση (fertilizing, lubrication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זבול (fertilizing), "ז"בלות (fertilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | trágyázás (spreading the dung, top dressing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | somministrazione di letame (fertilizing), fertilizzazione (breeding, dressing, fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, fertilizer application, fertilizing), concimazione (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, fertilizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 施肥 (fertilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せひ (fertilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | toarraghey (manure), lhiasaghey (amendment, appendix, appendix book, atone, atonement, compensate, compensation, correct, correct as text, correction, cultivate, cultivation, culture, cure, curing, develop, developing, dress, dressing, dung, dunging, enrich, expiate, expiation, fertilize, fertilizer, furtherance, husband, husband as land, improvement, imputation, manure, propitiate, propitiation, reclaim, reclamation, recompense, repair, replenish, replenishment, restitution, revise, revision, rub up, season), eoyllaghey (dung, manure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anuringmay adubação (distribution of fertilisers, dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, fertilizing, sowing of fertilizer). (various references) gunoire, îngrãşare (fattening). (various references) унавоживание (stercoration), удобрение (dung, enrichment, fertilization, fertilizer, manure, soil). (various references) đubrenje (fertilization, topdressing). (various references) abono (compost, deposit, dressing, dung, fertiliser, fertilization, fertilizer, guarantee, manure, muck, pass, payment, receipt, season ticket, subscription). (various references) gödsling (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, fertilizing). (various references) gübreleme (fertilization, fertilizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: unarming. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-m-n-n-r-u" | |
-2 letters: arming, granum, guanin, gunman, margin, muring, naming, numina, rumina. | |
-3 letters: gamin, garni, grain, inarm, inurn, ruing, unarm, unman, unrig. | |
-4 letters: agin, airn, amin, amir, arum, gain, gaum, gaun, gaur, girn, gnar, gram, gran, grim, grin, grum, guan, guar, magi, main, mair, maun, mina, muni, mura, ragi, rain, rami, rang, rani, ring, ruga, ruin, rung, unai. | |
-5 letters: aim, ain, air, ami, amu, ani, arm, gam, gan, gar, gin, gnu, gum, gun, inn, mag, man, mar, mig, mir, mug, mun, nag, nam, nan, nim, nun, rag, ram, ran, ria, rig, rim, rin, rug, rum, run, urn. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-m-n-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: surnaming. | |
+2 letters: enamouring, manicuring, maundering, numerating, ruminating, uncharming. | |
+3 letters: enumerating, maneuvering, manoeuvring, submarining, transmuting. | |
+4 letters: menstruating, rehumanizing, remunerating, ungerminated, unscrambling. | |
+5 letters: argumentation, bildungsroman, gourmandizing, integumentary, manufacturing, miniaturizing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 41 4E 55 52 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -. ..- .-. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000001 01001110 01010101 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M A N U R I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0041 004E 0055 0052 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4735485552434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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