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Nose   /noʊz/   Listen
Nose

noun
1.
The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals.  Synonym: olfactory organ.
2.
A front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft).
3.
The front or forward projection of a tool or weapon.
4.
A small distance.
5.
A symbol of inquisitiveness.
6.
The sense of smell (especially in animals).
7.
A natural skill.
8.
A projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged.  Synonym: nozzle.
verb
(past & past part. nosed; pres. part. nosing)
1.
Search or inquire in a meddlesome way.  Synonyms: horn in, intrude, poke, pry.
2.
Advance the forward part of with caution.
3.
Catch the scent of; get wind of.  Synonyms: scent, wind.
4.
Push or move with the nose.
5.
Rub noses.  Synonym: nuzzle.
6.
Defeat by a narrow margin.



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"Nose" Quotes from Famous Books



... the sharper, a dog's eye or his nose? Watch how he finds his master in a crowd or finds an object that ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study • Ontario Ministry of Education
... generals when they get whipped say the enemy outnumbers them from three or five to one, and I must believe them. We have four hundred thousand men in the field, and three times four make twelve,—don't you see it? It is as plain to be seen as the nose on a man's face; and at the rate things are now going, with the great amount of speculation and the small crop of fighting, it will take a long time to overcome twelve hundred thousand rebels ...
— Lincoln's Yarns and Stories • Alexander K. McClure
... the firm of Grimwood, Galton & Davy, insurance assessors, looked up from the list in his hand. He was a shrewd little man, with side-whiskers, pince-nez that would never sit straight upon his aquiline nose, and an impressive cough. ...
— Malcolm Sage, Detective • Herbert George Jenkins
... awaiting a renewal of the conflict when he arose, but Richard had had enough of it. One of his eyes was already puffed and red, his nose bleeding, and his lip cut. His clothes were soaked from head to foot, and smeared ...
— With Wolfe in Canada - The Winning of a Continent • G. A. Henty
... intermediates the breakage of either one of the strands, if the machine was running two into one, from the creel to the roller, would cause the stoppage of the machine, or the breaking or tangling of ends between the front roll and the nose of ...
— Scientific American Suppl. No. 299 • Various


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