'Nosed' definitions:
Definition of 'nosed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind [ant: noseless]
Definition of 'Nosed'
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.]
Definition of 'Nosed'
From: GCIDE
- Nosed \Nosed\, a. Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chiefly used in composition; as, pug-nosed. [1913 Webster] nosedive
Words containing 'Nosed'
- Nose,
- Nosing,
- nose out,
- on the nose,
- Bridge of the nose,
- Horsehoe nose,
- Nose around,
- Nose bit,
- Nose hammer,
- Nose hole,
- Nose key,
- Nose leaf,
- Nose of wax,
- Nose piece,
- Pope's nose,
- Pug nose,
- Roman nose,
- Roman nosed,
- Snub nose,
- To lead by the nose,
- To wipe the nose of,
- bottle nose,
- brandy nose,
- brown nose,
- bull nose,
- copper nose,
- get a noseful,
- hammer nose,
- hawk nose,
- lead by the nose,
- nose candy,
- nose cone,
- nose count,
- nose dive,
- nose drops,
- nose flute,
- nose guard,
- nose job,
- nose ring,
- nose tickling,
- parson's nose,
- potato nose,
- pug nosed,
- rum nose,
- snub nosed,
- toper's nose,
- Bottle-nose,
- Bottle-nosed,
- Bull's-nose,
- Copper-nose,
- Hook-nosed,
- Leaf-nosed,
- Pug-nosed,
- Shovel-nosed,
- Snub-nosed,
- To thrust one's nose into,
- To wipe one's nose of,
- Tube-nosed,
- Tut-nose,
- brown-nose,
- cone-nose,
- hard-nosed,
- nose-dive,
- pug-nose,
- sharp-nosed,
- short-nosed,
- snot-nosed,
- snotty-nosed,
- soft-nosed,
- toffee-nosed,
- Blunt-nosed shiner,
- Bottle-nosed dolphin,
- Pug-nose eel,
- Shovel-nosed sturgeon,
- Snub-nosed cachalot,
- To bring one's nose to the grindstone,
- To hold one's nose to the grindstone,
- To keep one's nose to the grindstone,
- To put one's nose out of joint,
- To put one's nose to the grindstone,
- bottle-nosed whale,
- cone-nosed bug,
- copper-nosed bream,
- cow-nosed ray,
- hog-nose snake,
- hog-nosed badger,
- hog-nosed skunk,
- hollow-nosed bullets,
- keep one's nose to the grindstone,
- leaf-nosed bat,
- leaf-nosed snake,
- soft-nosed bullets,
- star-nosed mole,
- tube-nosed bat,
- ear-nose-and-throat doctor,
- tube-nosed fruit bat