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Dung (Verb)

Fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

To increase crop yield the farmer must dung the land with composted manure before planting.
The gardener spent the morning dunging the new flower bed to prepare it for spring planting.
In organic farming the technique of dunging relies heavily on the use of animal waste as a natural fertilizer.
Weeds have begun to flourish in the once barren land after it was dunged with fresh compost.
An expert recommends dunging your garden annually to keep the soil nutrient rich and fertile.

Defecate; used of animals.

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

The elephant dung in the area attracted a swarm of flies.
The presence of animal tracks and the dung suggested that the area was often visited by wildlife.
Cattle dung is often used as natural fertilizer for agricultural purposes.
The farmer had to clean the stable to get rid of the horse dung that had accumulated over the week.
Zookeepers carefully monitored the health of the animals by checking their dung every day.