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manicure

RELATED WORD :

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
 : 
man=i=cure

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun manicure has 1 sense

Verb manicure has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

manicurev. t. & i. 
  •  To care for (the hands and nails); to care for the hands and nails of; to do manicure work.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  •  to trim carefully and meticulously; as, to manicure a lawn.  [PJC]
manicuren. 
     The care of the hands and nails, especially a thorough cosmetic treatment of the hands, especially the trimming and polishing of the fingernails, and removing of cuticles, performed by a manicurist.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
manicuren. [F., fr. L. manus hand + curare to cure.].
     A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails; -- an older term for a manicurist.  [1913 Webster]
    "[Men] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services of a manicure."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

manicure, n. & v.
--n.
1 a usu. professional cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails.
2 = MANICURIST.
--v.tr. apply a manicure to (the hands or a person).

Etymology
F f. L manus hand + cura care

ROGET THESAURUS

manicure

Remedy

VB apply a remedy, doctor, dose, physic, nurse, minister to, attend, dress the wounds, plaster, drain, prevent, relieve, palliate, restore, drench with physic, bleed, cup, let blood, manicure, operate, excise, cut out, incise.

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