Nose
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English
Noun
Nose (plural Noses)- The organ of the face used to breathe or smell.
- A snout, the nose of an animal
- The tip of an object (e.g. the nose of a fighter plane).
- (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.
- Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
Verb
Nose (third-person singular simple present Noses, present participle nosing, simple past and past participle nosed)
- (intransitive) To move cautiously.
- (intransitive) To snoop.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose.
- (transitive) To nuzzle.
- (transitive) To win by a narrow margin.
Adjectives for Nose
aquiline; simple; aggressive; inquisitive; waggling; genial; flexible; innocent; arrogant; astute; weird; rueful; ferret; unerring; pudgy; rubicund; pink; blushing; cherry; streaming; crimson; sunburned; reddened; lavendar-tinted; handsome; diabolic; pug; microscopic; Grecian; fiat; saddle; endless; protruding; intrepid; hooked; well-cut; pointed; arched; showy; little; sensitive; depressed; impertinent; thin; delicate; sharp; meager; twitching; peeled; ruby; exceptional; scornful; typical; flabby; pendulous; enormous.
Verbs for Nose
cock up—; crinkle—; flatten—; impact in—; sniff up—; spray—; squinch—; thumb—; tweak—; wrinkle—; —bleeds; —curls; — quivers; —streams; —twitches.
Thesaurus
nose out, nostrils, nozzle, nuzzle, olfactories, olfactory area, olfactory cell, olfactory nerves, olfactory organ, olfactory pit, one, party, pecker, peek, peep, person, personage, personality, pet, poke, pragmatist, pressure nozzle, prier, proboscis, prore, prow, pry, rose, rosehead, rostrum, rub, rub against, rub noses, rubberneck, run down, run to earth, scent, schnozzle, shadow, shower head, single, smell, smell of, smell out, smeller, sniff, sniff out, snitch, snook, snoop, snoot, snout, snuff, snuffle, somebody, someone, soul, spray nozzle, sprinkler head, spy, stalk, stem, stroke, tail, talent, tamper with, tellurian, terran, trace, trace down, track, track down, trail, trunk, whiff, Paul Pry, Paul-Pry, antlia, aptness, beak, beezer, being, bent, bib nozzle, bill, body, bow, bowsprit, breathe, breathe in, bugle, bump, busybody, butt-in, caress, cat, chap, character, conk, creature, customer, duck, earthling, faculty, feel up, fellow, figurehead, flair, follow, follow a clue, follow up, fondle, fool with, forecastle, foredeck, forepeak, genius, groundling, guy, hand, head, homo, human, human being, hunt down, individual, inhale, intermeddle, jib boom, joker, kibitz, kibitzer, knack, knead, life, living soul, man, massage, meddle, meddle with, meddler, mess with, monkey with, mortal, mouse, muffle, muzzle, nib.
