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Noun: manicure  'ma-nu,kyûr
  1. Professional care for the hands and fingernails
    "She treated herself to a manicure before the wedding"
Verb: manicure  'ma-nu,kyûr
  1. Care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
    "She manicured her nails before the wedding"
     
  2. Trim carefully and neatly
    "manicure fingernails"

Derived forms: manicuring, manicures, manicured

Type of: aid, attention, beauty treatment, care, cut, groom, neaten, tending

Encyclopedia: Manicure