NOSE
\nˈə͡ʊz], \nˈəʊz], \n_ˈəʊ_z]\
Definitions of NOSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon; "he ducked under the nose of the gun"
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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"
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a natural skill; "he has a nose for good deals"
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the sense of smell (especially in animals); "the hound has a good nose"
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a small distance; "my horse lost the race by a nose"
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defeat by a narrow margin
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rub noses
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advance the forward part of with caution; "She nosed the car into the left lane"
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catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
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a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"
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push or move with the nose
By Princeton University
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the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon; "he ducked under the nose of the gun"
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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"
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a natural skill; "he has a nose for good deals"
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the sense of smell (especially in animals); "the hound has a good nose"
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a small distance; "my horse lost the race by a nose"
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defeat by a narrow margin
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rub noses
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advance the forward part of with caution; "She nosed the car into the left lane"
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catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.
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The power of smelling; hence, scent.
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A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.
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To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
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To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
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To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
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To smell; to sniff; to scent.
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To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
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To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.
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To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.
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To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
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To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the statio;
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to beat by (the length of) a nose.
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To push or move with the nose or front forward.
By Oddity Software
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The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.
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The power of smelling; hence, scent.
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A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.
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To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
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To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
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To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
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To smell; to sniff; to scent.
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To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
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To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.
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To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.
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To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
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To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the statio;
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to beat by (the length of) a nose.
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To push or move with the nose or front forward.
By Noah Webster.
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A specialized structure that serves as an organ of the sense of smell as well as part of the respiratory system; the term includes both the external nose and the nasal cavity.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The organ of smell; scent; a snout; nozzle; a spout; anything like a nose.
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To smell or scent; to rub or push with the nose; as, horses nose each other.
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To smell or scent; to pry curiously.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Nasus; the organ of smell, organon olfactus, and one of the accessory organs of respiration, the beginning or entrance of the air-passages; the prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage. The organ of smell occupies the upper portion of the nasal cavity, the respiratory part is the lower portion.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To smell; scent; track.
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That part of the face containing the organ of smell; the power of smelling; a prow; spout, nozle, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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