Meanings
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1
noun
A beauty treatment for the hands and fingernails.
She treated herself to a manicure before the wedding.
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2
verb
To give the hands and fingernails a beauty treatment.
The salon will manicure your nails in about half an hour.
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3
verb
To trim or shape something very carefully and neatly.
The gardeners had carefully manicured the lawns around the house.
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Word family
Forms
manicuredmanicuresmanicuring
Derived forms
manicurermanicurismmanicurist
Related forms
pedicure
Etymology
From French manucure, coming from Latin manus, hand, and cura, care.
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