Hobbies

A lure is an artificial bait used to attract and catch fish. Lures are shaped like something that fish would like to eat, and are designed so that they move in the water so fish are attracted to them and try and eat them.

Manure is any organic matter used for improving the soil. It can be pure animal dung (usually from farm animals), animal dung mixed with straw bedding, or pure vegetable matter.
Manure can be spread straight onto the fields where it is needed, or rotted down first into compost before being used.

A measuring tape, or tape measure, is a flexible piece of tape that can be used to find out how big something is. Because you can bend it, you can measure things that are curved, like around your waist or around your head. You can't measure curves with something hard like a ruler.

Mulch is a layer of material that you put on the ground around plants. Mulch keeps the soil from drying out, and can help keep it from getting too hot or cold.
Mulches can be made from many things, but the most common kinds of mulch are decorative gravels, pebbles, bark, wood chips and leaves. Mulches made from bark or leaves will slowly break down and make the soil better.

A needle is a small piece of metal that is sharp at one end and has a hole, or eye, at the other end. You thread the needle using very fine cotton thread, and use the needle to stitch things together.
The type of needle that is used for giving injections is called a syringe.

An outline is a type of drawing where thin lines are used to define the edges of what you are drawing a picture of. Artists often start a picture by drawing the outline in lead pencil, and then coloring or shading it in.
An outline is also the way of describing an event or situation by giving only the most essential details, as in "here's an outline for Monday's telecast".

Paint is a liquid you can buy that you can use to change the colour of something. Paint goes on when it is wet, so you need to wait for it to dry. Some paints come in small, dry blocks and you need to wet them with water to be able to use them. You use a paintbrush to paint with.

A painting is a picture of something that has been made using paint.
Paintings can be very realistic, almost as good as photographs or abstract and you have trouble telling what they are pictures of.

Panning for gold means looking for gold by using a shallow metal pan filled with water and sand. You gently swirl the mixture so heavier gold pieces settle at the bottom.

People often do this in rivers and streams where gold dust or small nuggets may be found.

A patch is a way of mending something that is broken by sticking a piece of something over the hole, and has given rise to the phrase "to patch something up". If you get a hole in the knee of your jeans they can be fixed by stitching a patch over the hole.
When something is made entirely of patches, it is called patchwork. Quilts are often made of patchwork.
A patch is also the name for a place you grow pumpkins or other vegetables.