Definition of 'nose'
Word forms: noses, nosing, nosed
1. countable noun
Your nose is the part of your face which sticks out above your mouth. You use it for smelling
and breathing.
She wiped her nose with a tissue.
2. countable noun
The nose of a vehicle such as an airplane or a
boat is the front part of it.
They went over to the airplane and stood near its nose.
3. countable noun
You can refer to your sense of smell as your nose.
The river that runs through Middlesbrough became ugly on the eye and hard on the
nose.
4. transitive verb/intransitive verb
If a vehicle noses in a certain direction or if you nose it there, you move it slowly and carefully in that direction.
He could not see the driver as the car nosed forward.
A motorboat nosed out of the mist and nudged into the branches of a tree.
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14.
See
under sb's nose
15.
See
nose to tail
17.
respiratory
Phrasal verbs:
See
nose around
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nose
Word Frequency
nose in American English
noun
1.
2.
3.
the sense of smell
6.
verb transitiveWord forms: nosed or ˈnosing
9.
to discover or perceive by or as if by the sense of smell
10.
to touch or rub with the nose
12.
to make or push (a way, etc.) cautiously or slowly with the front forward
the ship nosed its way into the harbor
verb intransitive
13.
to smell; sniff
14.
to pry inquisitively
15.
to move cautiously or slowly with the front end forward
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Word origin
ME < OE nosu, akin to Ger nase, orig. a dual, meaning “the two nostrils” < IE base *nas-, nostril > Sans nāsā, the nose, lit., pair of nostrils, L nasus, nose & naris (pl. nares), nostril
Word Frequency
nose in British English
noun
1.
the
organ of
smell and
entrance to the
respiratory
tract, consisting of a
prominent
structure
divided into two hair-lined
air
passages by a
median
septum
▶ Related adjectives: nasal, rhinal2.
3. another word for
bouquet (sense 2)
4.
instinctive
skill or
facility, esp in
discovering things (
sometimes in the phrase follow one's nose)
she had a nose for good news stories
5. Also called: noser
a person
employed by a
distillery or other alcohol-producing
industry to
test the quality of the
product by smell
15.
nose to tail
16.
on the nose
23.
under one's nose
verb
26.
to smell or sniff (
wine, etc)
28.
to move or cause to move forwards slowly and carefully
the car nosed along the cliff top
we nosed the car into the garage
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Derived forms
noseless (ˈnoseless) adjective
noselike (ˈnoseˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English nosu; related to Old Frisian nose, Norwegian nosa to smell and nus smell
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an external metal structure fitted around parts of an aircraft, car, vessel, etc, to reduce drag
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nose
British English: nose
/nəʊz/ NOUN
Your nose is the part of your face which sticks out above your mouth. You use it for smelling and breathing.
She wiped her nose with a tissue.
- American English: nose
- Arabic: أَنْفٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: nariz
- Chinese: 鼻
- Croatian: nos
- Czech: nos
- Danish: næse
- Dutch: neus
- European Spanish: nariz
- Finnish: nenä
- French: nez
- German: Nase
- Greek: μύτη
- Italian: naso
- Japanese: 鼻
- Korean: 코
- Norwegian: nese
- Polish: nos
- European Portuguese: nariz
- Romanian: nas
- Russian: нос
- Spanish: nariz
- Swedish: näsa
- Thai: จมูก
- Turkish: burun
- Ukrainian: ніс
- Vietnamese: mũi
British English: nose VERB
If a vehicle noses in a certain direction or if you nose it there, you move it slowly and carefully in that direction.
He could not see the driver as the car nosed forward.
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