Definition

1. Noun:

   • Professional care for the hands and fingernails: A beauty treatment for the hands, typically involving shaping and polishing the fingernails, and caring for the skin of the hands.

2. Verb:

   • To care for (one's hands) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.: To perform or give a manicure treatment.
   • To trim carefully and neatly: To groom or shape something with great precision.

Usage Examples

• Noun: She gets a professional manicure every two weeks. The spa offers a variety of manicure services.

• Verb: She manicured her nails before the important meeting. The gardener meticulously manicured the hedges into perfect shapes.

Advanced Usage

• "to give oneself a manicure": to perform a manicure on one's own hands. She learned how to give herself a manicure at home.

• "a French manicure": a specific style of manicure featuring a natural pink or beige nail with a white tip. For her wedding, she chose a classic French manicure.

Variants and Related Words

• Manicurist (n): a person whose job is to give manicures.

Synonyms

• Groom (verb): to make neat or tidy, especially in appearance.
• Trim (verb): to make something neat by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Related Phrases

• "manicure set": a collection of tools used for giving a manicure.

Noun

1. professional care for the hands and fingernails

Verb

1. care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
2. trim carefully and neatly
   • manicure fingernails