'Nose' definitions:

Definition of 'nose'

From: WordNet
noun
The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" [syn: nose, olfactory organ]
noun
A front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"
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The front or forward projection of a tool or weapon; "he ducked under the nose of the gun"
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A small distance; "my horse lost the race by a nose"
noun
A symbol of inquisitiveness; "keep your nose out of it"
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The sense of smell (especially in animals); "the hound has a good nose"
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A natural skill; "he has a nose for good deals"
noun
A projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged [syn: nozzle, nose]
verb
Search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office" [syn: intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke]
verb
Advance the forward part of with caution; "She nosed the car into the left lane"
verb
Catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs" [syn: scent, nose, wind]
verb
Push or move with the nose
verb
Rub noses [syn: nuzzle, nose]
verb
Defeat by a narrow margin

Definition of 'Nose'

From: GCIDE
  • Nose \Nose\ (n[=o]z), v. i.
  • 1. To smell; to sniff; to scent. --Audubon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To pry officiously into what does not concern one; to nose around. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Nose'

From: GCIDE
  • Nose \Nose\ (n[=o]z), n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa, Icel. n["o]s, Sw. n[aum]sa, Dan. n[aum]se, Lith. nosis, Russ. nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[=a]s[=a], n[=a]s. [root]261. Cf. Nasal, Nasturtium, Naze, Nostril, Nozzle.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Anat.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The power of smelling; hence, scent. [1913 Webster]
  • We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. --Collier. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle. [1913 Webster]
  • Nose bit (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end.
  • Nose hammer (Mach.), a frontal hammer.
  • Nose hole (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process.
  • Nose key (Carp.), a fox wedge.
  • Nose leaf (Zool.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies greatly in size and form.
  • Nose of wax, (fig.), a person who is pliant and easily influenced. "A nose of wax to be turned every way." --Massinger
  • Nose piece, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached.
  • To hold one's nose to the grindstone, {To put one's nose to the grindstone}, or To bring one's nose to the grindstone. See under Grindstone.
  • To lead by the nose, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a beast. --Shak.
  • To put one's nose out of joint, to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. [Slang]
  • To thrust one's nose into, to meddle officiously in.
  • To wipe one's nose of, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang]
  • on the nose, (a) exactly, accurately. (b) (racing) to win, as opposed to to place or {to show}. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Nose'

From: GCIDE
  • Nose \Nose\, v. i. To push or move with the nose or front forward. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • A train of cable cars came nosing along. --Hamlin Garland. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Nose'

From: GCIDE
  • Nose \Nose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nosed (n[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Nosing.]
  • 1. To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently. [1913 Webster]
  • Lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its authority. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.] --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 5. To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 6. To examine with the nose or sense of smell. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 7. To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the station; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 8. (Racing Slang) to beat by (the length of) a nose. Hence, to defeat in a contest by a small margin; also used in the form nose out. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Synonyms of 'nose'

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