manure

fumier

Déjections, surtout d’animaux de ferme, souvent répandues sur le sol pour aider les plantes à pousser.

En anglais simple : Animal waste, especially from farm animals, often spread on soil to help plants grow.

• The farmer spread manure on the field.
• Horse manure can help garden plants grow.
• A large pile of manure stood behind the barn.

Synonymes : dung

Expressions courantes : horse manure, cow manure, spread manure

engrais

Toute matière ajoutée au sol pour aider les plantes à pousser, y compris celles d’origine végétale.

En anglais simple : Any material added to soil to help plants grow, including material made from plants.

• Clover can be grown as green manure.
• The gardener added vegetable manure to the soil.
• These crops provide manure when dug into the ground.

Synonymes : fertilizer

Expressions courantes : green manure, vegetable manure

fumer, épandre du fumier

Mettre des déjections animales sur le sol pour favoriser la croissance des plantes.

En anglais simple : To spread animal waste on soil to help plants grow.

• We manure the beds every autumn.
• The farmer manured the field before planting.
• Have you manured the vegetable garden yet?

Synonymes : fertilize

Expressions courantes : manure the soil, manure a field