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MANICURE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Trim carefully and neatly

Example:

manicure fingernails

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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)

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