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Meaning nose meaning

What does nose mean?
Definitions in simple English

nose Verb

— If you nose, you move with caution. The ship nosed through the minefield. — If you nose you snoop. She was nosing around other people’s business. — If you nose something, you push it with your nose.

nose

— 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 — noun a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft) the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry — noun the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon he ducked under the nose of the gun — verb advance the forward part of with caution She nosed the car into the left lane — verb search or inquire in a meddlesome way This guy is always nosing around the office — verb push or move with the nose — verb defeat by a narrow margin — noun a natural skill he has a nose for good deals — noun the sense of smell (especially in animals) the hound has a good nose — noun a symbol of inquisitiveness keep your nose out of it — noun a small distance my horse lost the race by a nose — noun (= nozzle) a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged — verb rub noses — verb (= scent, wind) catch the scent of; get wind of The dog nosed out the drugs

Synonyms nose synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as nose?

nose English » English

snout beak smell nostril bill scent pry point nozzle ear wind tongue snoot sense of smell poke olfactory organ intrude skin olfaction horn in head face eye corner bow twang snuff sniff prow peak organ of smell nuzzle nostrils nib nares namely hooter end bridge of nose vertex under one’s nose trunk toe tip tappet spur spout sound snuffle snuff-box

Topics nose topics

What do people use nose to talk about?
Person Body Head

Nose
Universe, creation Animal

Parts of an animal
Person Body functions

Mucus
States

Parts of things
States Parts of things

End, point
Person Sense, perceive

Smell
Person Healthy

Injure
Language and thought Want

Influence
Language and thought Want Offer

Reject
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Dislike
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Gesture
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Despise someone
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud
Daily life Adornment

Cosmetics
States Big Distance

Near

Conjugation nose conjugation

How do you conjugate nose?

nose · verb

Examples nose examples

How do I use nose in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I have a sore throat and runny nose.
She has a long nose.
He has a nose bleed.
When you're preparing food for someone, please don't pick your nose, scratch your ass, or sneeze in your hands.
Don't stick your nose where it has no business!
What is that under your nose?
If you go underwater, hold your nose and blow to clear your ears.
I just wanna nose around a bit.
The newsman has a nose for news.
This happened under my nose.
This medicine will do wonders for a runny nose.
Your nose is bleeding.
Don't stick your nose into my personal affairs.
I smell with my nose.
An elephant has a long nose.
Stop sticking your nose into other people's business.
He blew his nose in a handkerchief.
His wife leads him by the nose.
The accident happened under his nose.
That reporter has a nose for news.
The cat pressed its nose against the window.
I have to blow my nose all the time.
My father is always poking his nose into my private life.

Movie subtitles

Any sort of alien that resembles a human is ludicrous - two eyes, a nose, and a mouth.
His nose goes into the glass, tray goes everywhere.
Such a big nose.
He's a beer man with a nose for a good red, as you know.
He and Hayley had a nose-to-tail on her way back into town.
But when he heard something that displeased him, he climbed on top of the load they carried, pointed his nose skyward, and howled.
He had no nose!
His nose.there is no nose!
If you'll take your nose out of the receiver, it'll be okay.
In its nose-cone is located the egg-shaped register-chamber with the automated imaging-instruments.
With your permission, I'll pull a few eggs from under your nose.
Where's his nose?
Ladies and gents, I shall produce some eggs from August's nose. before your very eyes.
The nose!
I shall produce some eggs from August's nose. before your very eyes.
I got it from the nose of a savage.
And has she got herself a nose!
Of course, I haven't got a nose.
Sure, you got a nose.
You have the cutest nose.
Never mind my nose.
When I found out about Johnny, my first plan was to walk up to him and punch him in the nose.
We'll discuss this later when I can safely breathe through my nose.
Come blow my nose.
And besides being a great fighter you'd be handsome if it wasn't for that nose.
What's the matter with my nose?
Hey, I wonder how much it would cost to get this nose of mine fixed up.
Hey, listen, the Bozo don't live that can mess up my nose.
Swell nose.
Go for the nose.
Beat his nose, he'll try to protect it.

News and current affairs

Thumbing one's nose at scholarly evidence is always a bad idea, but it is especially damaging to an institution that relies so heavily on the credibility of its technical competence and neutrality.
In Allen's 1973 film Sleeper, attempts are made to clone Hitler from his preserved nose.
Suppose that the vulnerabilities piling up in the US mortgage market - right under the IMF's Washington-headquartered nose - had taken place in a developing country.
Indeed, the OSCE still sticks its nose and fingers into pretty much every aspect of Albanian political life.
The British may turn their nose up at the euro - to which even the supposedly independent Swiss franc is pegged - but it will almost certainly remain the currency of nearly 300 million Europeans.
As members of Vasily Chuikov's 62nd Army, they grabbed hold of the nose of the Nazi army and did not let go.
So it is essential that the Bush and Putin administrations begin wide-ranging dialogues - at both the unofficial and official levels - in order to take their relations out of their semi-nose-dive.
A government that kept its nose out of people's economic business.
A government that kept its nose out of people's private lives.
So, if price equalization were to happen, citizens in rich countries would feast and those in poorer countries would pay through the nose.
Those born now will live in a richer economy, but they will get less of it because they will be paying through their nose to look after the large group of retirees who will vote the taxes.
Few can now strut the national stage, or thumb their nose at the Kremlin, as they did during the Yeltsin era, but their powers are real and reigning them in won't be easy.
World markets seem to be turning up their nose at Brazil right now.
The husband of another young woman, Aisha, cut off her nose and ears when she ran away.
Perhaps this proximity was at the root of the IMF's failure to interpret the evidence right under its nose.
But the Balakotis are taking it in their stride - nose masks are everywhere.
Sarkozy can afford to thumb his nose at his party, given the total collapse of the opposition Socialists, who will almost certainly lose the 2012 election.
Demographically, Russia is in a dramatic nose-dive; it remains economically and socially backward; its infrastructure is underdeveloped, as are its investments in education and vocational training.
Its opponent, the Democratic Progressive Party, wants to strike a more autonomous posture, though whether it would ever really go for anything more substantial than tweaking China's nose is doubtful.
Yet, despite these far-reaching changes, the dynamics of the OSCE's presence have scarcely budged. Indeed, the OSCE still sticks its nose and fingers into pretty much every aspect of Albanian political life.
It is said to be an excellent chronicle of the court's day-to-day goings-on, revealing, for example, that the emperor celebrated Christmas as a boy, that he had nose surgery in his youth, and how often he met with whom.
From my window, I watched the Rubbish Gangster: shaven head, bull neck, and swollen nose, from which dangled mucus-incrusted strands of hair, his short arms bursting with criminal power.
The host, interviewer, and main commentator was Victor Trujillo, better known as Brozo the Clown, adorned with a green wig and a red rubber nose.

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