nose
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noun- 1.
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.
- 2.
A snout, the nose of an animal.
- 3.
The tip of an object.
the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
- 4.
The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- 5.
(horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
Red Rum only won by a nose.
- 6.
(perfumery) A perfumer.
- 7.
The sense of smell.
- 8.
(idiomatic)Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- 9.
The skill in recognising bouquet.
It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.
- 10.
(broadly)(by extension) Skill at finding information.
A successful tabloid reporter has a nose for gossip.
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(also, idiomatic)(idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
They had a nose around the abandoned property.
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(architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
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verb- 1.
(intransitive)To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
The ship nosed through the minefield.
- 2.
(also, ambitransitive, idiomatic, intransitive)(intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
She was nosing around other people’s business.
- 3.
(transitive)To detect by smell or as if by smell.
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(transitive)To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- 5.
(transitive)To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
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(transitive)To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
to nose a prayer
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(transitive)To furnish with a nose.
to nose a stair tread
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(transitive)To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- 9.
(intransitive)(intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- 10.
(intransitive)(intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
The plane is nosing up!
We have to get it nosing down.
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From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (nose, nostril).