to manicure

Examples

• All

• "Fern," she was saying as she held out her manicured hands to her daughter, "do you like this color?"

  Fiction book (1993)

• And all I have to do is manicure your nails?

  Big Brown Eyes (1936)

• You know, an awful lot of trouble washing them and manicuring my nails.

  The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

• If you have your nails professionally manicured, bring your own nail files and trimmers from home.

  Academic text (2005)

• Marilyn Sanburne, known as Mim or Big Marilyn, clasped and unclasped her perfectly manicured hands.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Every month, she schedules an appointment to manicure her nails at the salon.

• Before the big event, he decided to manicure his hands to look presentable.

• After the long week, she took time to manicure her toenails and relax.

Synonyms

G

to give a manicure

vsto manicure

3.9

To clean and shape someone's fingernails and hands

focuses on caring for fingernails or toenails by trimming shaping and polishing

Antonyms

N

neglect

100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

Phrasal Verbs

G

to give a manicure

3.9

To clean and shape someone's fingernails and hands

Compounds

F

fresh manicure

1 3.5

Recently done nails that look neat and shiny

M

manicure set

2.5

A small group of tools for caring for nails and hands

How Thorough

to manicure

20 3.6

to clip

51 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology