to spread dung

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• dung — 1. noun a) Manure; animal excrement. Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad, the todpole, the wall newt, and the water; that in the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages, eats cow dung for sallets; swallows the old rat and the… …   Wiktionary

• dung — noun manure. verb spread dung on (an area). Origin OE, of Gmc origin …   English new terms dictionary

• dung — [duŋ] n. [ME & OE, prob. identical with dung, a prison, orig., cellar covered with dung for warmth, as in OS dung, OHG tung, cellar where women weave < IE base * dheng , to cover] 1. animal excrement; manure 2. filth vt. to spread or cover… …   English World dictionary

• spread — 01. The fire [spread] quickly from building to building due to the dry, windy weather. 02. The doctor warned her not to scratch the rash on her arm or it could [spread] to other parts of her body. 03. We [spread] our wet clothes on the hot rocks… …   Grammatical examples in English

• spread — {{11}}spread (n.) 1690s, extent or expanse of something, from SPREAD (Cf. spread) (v.). Meaning copious meal dates from 1822; sense of food for spreading (butter, jam, etc.) is from 1812. Sense of bed cover is recorded from 1848, originally… …   Etymology dictionary

• ted — transitive verb (tedded; tedding) Etymology: Middle English tedden, from Old English *teddan; akin to Middle Dutch tedden to ted, Old Norse tethja to manure, tath spread dung, Old High German zetten to spread Date: 13th century to spread or turn… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Malachi 2 — 1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have… …   The King James version of the Bible

• ted — I. /tɛd/ (say ted) verb (t) (tedded, tedding) to spread out for drying, as newly mown hay. {Middle English, from Old Norse tethja spread dung out to dry} II. /tɛd/ (say ted) noun British Colloquial a teddy boy …  

• Vietnam — /vee et nahm , nam , vyet , vee it /, n. 1. Official name, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and… …   Universalium

• India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …   Universalium

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium