manicure

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a treatment for the hands that involves making the skin feel softer and making the nails look better by cutting, smoothing, and painting them

to give someone a manicure:

You could help me style my hair, manicure my nails.

She regarded her battered fingernails with a groan, and vowed to manicure them the next night.

to keep something such as a plant or a garden very tidy and regularly cut:

Teams of gardeners arrive each summer and manicure the gardens to perfection.

He probably won't get another opportunity to manicure the vegetation and make it more attractive.

a treatment for the hands that involves softening the skin and making the nails look better by cutting, smoothing, and possibly painting them