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MANICURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manicure mean? 

MANICURE (noun)
  The noun MANICURE has 1 sense:

1. professional care for the hands and fingernailsplay

  Familiarity information: MANICURE used as a noun is very rare.


MANICURE (verb)
  The verb MANICURE has 2 senses:

1. trim carefully and neatlyplay

2. care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.play

  Familiarity information: MANICURE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MANICURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Professional care for the hands and fingernails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("manicure" is a kind of...):

beauty treatment (enhancement of someone's personal beauty)

aid; attention; care; tending (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something)

Derivation:

manicure (care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.)

manicure (trim carefully and neatly)

manicurist (a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails)


MANICURE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they manicure  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it manicures  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: manicured  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: manicured  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: manicuring  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Trim carefully and neatly

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

manicure fingernails

Hypernyms (to "manicure" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

manicure (professional care for the hands and fingernails)

manicurist (a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "manicure" is one way to...):

groom; neaten (care for one's external appearance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

manicure (professional care for the hands and fingernails)

manicurist (a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails)


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