nose

Plural: noses

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"
• a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
  • "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"
• the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
  • "he ducked under the nose of the gun"
• a small distance
  • "my horse lost the race by a nose"
• a symbol of inquisitiveness
  • "keep your nose out of it"
• the sense of smell (especially in animals)
  • "the hound has a good nose"
• a natural skill
  • "he has a nose for good deals"
• a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
• A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
• A snout, the nose of an animal.
• The tip of an object.
• The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
• 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.
• A perfumer.
• The sense of smell.
• Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
• The skill in recognising bouquet.
• A skill at finding information.
• A downward projection from a cornice.
• An informer.

Verb

Verb Forms: nosed, nosing, noses

• To detect by smell; to push one's way forward cautiously.
• search or inquire in a meddlesome way
• advance the forward part of with caution
  • "She nosed the car into the left lane"
• catch the scent of; get wind of
  • "The dog nosed out the drugs"
• push or move with the nose
• rub noses
• defeat by a narrow margin
• To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
• To snoop.
• To detect by smell or as if by smell.
• To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
• To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
• To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
• To furnish with a nose.
• To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
• To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
• To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.

Examples

• A successful reporter has a nose for news.
• He would nose around the dictionary for obscure words, hoping to surprise his Words With Friends opponent.
• It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.
• Red Rum only won by a nose.
• She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.
• She was nosing around other people’s business.
• the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
• The plane is nosing up!
• The ship nosed through the minefield.
• to nose a prayer
• to nose a stair tread
• We have to get it nosing down.

Synonyms

horn in, intrude, nozzle, nuzzle, olfactory organ, poke, pry, scent, wind, beak, beezer, boko, conk, drip, honker, hooter, nark, neb, nose, pecker, proboscis, schnoz, schnozz, schnozzle, schnozzola, smeller, sneck, sniffer, snitch, snoot, snotbox, snout, tab, trunk

Related Words

I've got your nose, brownnose, cut off one's nose to spite one's face, get up someone's nose, hard-nosed, in front of one's nose, keep one's nose clean, keep one's pecker up, look down one's nose, no skin off one's nose, nose out of joint, nose to the grindstone, on the nose, pay through the nose, plain as the nose on one's face, poke one's nose into, powder one's nose, rhino-, see past the end of one's nose, stick one's nose in, stick one's nose into, the nose knows, toffee-nosed, under one's nose, win by a nose

Anagrams of nose