Manicure (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

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)

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)

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)