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nose en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (California) audio
  • [nɐʉ̯z] (New-Zealand)
  • [nəʊ̯z] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • nōz (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [nəʉ̯z] (Australia)
  • [nəʊ̯z] (Ireland)
  • nōz (Multicultural-London-English)
  • (London) audio
  • nōz (Ireland)
  • [noʊ̯z] (Ireland)
  • [noʊ̯z] (Canada, General-American)
  • [noːz] (Multicultural-London-English)
  • (London) audio
  • nōz (British, Southern, Standard)
  • [nəwz] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • nōz (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”). See also Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), Low German Nääs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”).

Meanings

  1. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
    • She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.
    • The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…]. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  2. A snout, the nose of an animal.
  3. The tip of an object.
    • Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water. 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1:
    • the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
    • We submerged very slowly and without headway more than sufficient to keep her nose in the right direction, and as we went down, I saw outlined ahead of us the black opening in the great cliff. 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
  4. The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
  5. 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.
    • Red Rum only won by a nose.
  6. (qualifier:perfumery) A perfumer.
    • Jacques Polge, Chanel's top “nose” since 1978, made the decision when developers started trying to buy up land around Grasse, where the Muls cultivate three hectares of the precious plant. 2014 March 4, Nicole Vulser, “Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
  7. The sense of smell.
    • We are not offended with […] a dog for a better nose than his master. c. 1700, Jeremy Collier, Of Envy:
  8. (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
  9. The skill in recognising bouquet.
    • It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.
  10. (broadly) Skill at finding information.
    • I got to know one or two other girls who wrote, and they told me that my sort of stuff would be all right when I got into the peerage or became a leading lady, but if I wanted to live meanwhile it was absolutely necessary to cultivate a "news-nose". 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
    • A successful tabloid reporter has a nose for gossip.
  11. (also, followed by around or about, idiomatic) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
    • They had a nose around the abandoned property.
  12. A downward projection from a cornice.
  13. (slang) An informer.
    • […] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; […] 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, page 60:

Forms

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noses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Jolly Nose · soft nose · nose-first · under one's nose · nosed · nose whistle · nose slide · needle-nose gar · stumpnose · nose line · pug nose · nose hair · in front of one's nose · dog's nose · soft-nose · stick one's nose in · nose-ish · coke nose · needlenose · talk through one's nose · runny nose · nose-dead · pick one's nose · look beyond the tip of one's nose · nose trimmer · cut off one's nose to spite one's face · ski slope nose · pin a rose on your nose · nose stud · nose goes · nose deaf · beyond the tip of one's nose · noseguard · follow one's nose · flatnose · snot-nose · button nose · nose-ender · nose-bag · nose-ringed · thrust one's nose in · nosegay · noseslide · banana nose · nose leather · nose glasses · nosewitness · nose monkey · keep one's nose clean · blue-nosed · nosebleed · nosebleeder · nosering · saddle nose · ear, nose and throat · past the tip of one's nose · pay through the nose · nose to the grindstone · nose candy · copper nose · rummy-nose tetra · toffee-nose · pinch-nose glasses · saddlenose · clown nose · turn up one's nose · nosesmart · prodnose · nose-picking · nosegrind · nosy · nose blind · nozzle · win by a nose · nose-to-nose · snub nose · blood nose · softnose · have someone's nose wide open · ski-slope nose · nose cone · hard-nose · nose strip · thumb one's nose · nose-led · socked on the nose · ski ramp nose · nose test · nosewise · tubenose · nose out of joint · bull's nose · up your nose with a rubber hose · hard nose · bishop's nose · noseclip · get up someone's nose · dog-nose · ski jump nose · give someone a bloody nose · rummy nose · nose-nipper · nollie · nose grind · banana-nose · noseness · fucknose · nose peg · nosewards · bloody nose · bottle-nose · noselike · noseleaf · nosebutter · nosebar · whipnose · neb-nose · nose cap · nose bridge · noseride · noseless · beyond the end of one's nose · nosehole · nose wheelie · hawk-nose · nose job · nose-shot · cherry nose · rub someone's nose in · stick one's nose into · nose bag · nose butter · ski-nose · noseblood · nosebag · nose kiss · ski-jump nose · hawk nose · nosepiece · snub-nose · look past the end of one's nose · nigger nose · nose-pick · nose-blind · brownnose · nose art · largenose · under one's very nose · nose-suspended · Australasian pig-nose turtle · nose beer · bullet-nose · noseweight · nose blindness · ski nose · nose of wax · nose bit · nose gear · bullnose · e-nose · camel's nose · Roman nose · hooknose · nosewheel · blacknose · long-nose · hawknose · blow one's nose · nose tackle · Dudley nose · noseful · bloodied nose · nose bonk · hold one's nose · lead around by the nose · shovelnose · nose around · nose-job · nose piercing · on the nose · noser · nose guard · nose ape · nussy · nose pad · noseplug · nosepin · pig-nose turtle · red-nose tetra · nosedive · nosebeard · noseward · conenose · nose paint · cownose · no skin off one's nose · bottle-nose dolphin · Jew nose · nose piece · Jewish nose · bluenose · ring in one's nose · Jew's nose · pope's nose · empty nose syndrome · undernose · nose-bonk · bluntnose · I've got your nose · Red Nose Day · nose about · white nose syndrome · nose count · hognose · nose poke · starnose · nose in the air · noseshot · wipe someone's nose · nose-candy · bottlenose · nostril · nosebleeding · nosie · parson's nose · dicknose · under someone's nose · nosely · nose key · sultan's nose · poke one's nose into · whitenose · noseworthy · noselift · nose ring · bignose · nose to tail · nose putty · look beyond the end of one's nose · nouse · nose powder · the nose knows · shortnose · ski-ramp nose · turn one's nose up · nose flute · nose-deaf · hold one's nose up · noseprint · plain as the nose on one's face · aquiline nose · noseband · lead by the nose · noseburn · longnose · look down one's nose · snotnose · powder one's nose · nose-dive · nose bleed · look past the tip of one's nose · nosegear · past the end of one's nose · nosewing · nose-picker

Descendants

noso

Holonyms

countenance · body · face · head · muzzle

Hyponyms

hooknose · Roman nose · pug nose · aquiline nose · snub nose · button nose

Meronyms

nosewing · nasal septum · naris · nose bridge · septum · nasal bone · bridge · nostril · columella · greater alar cartilage · nasal cavity

Relateds

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

Synonyms

nark · pecker · drip · beak · smeller · sneck · neb · tab (the bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle) · conk · schnoz · proboscis · schnozzle · snoot · snitch · trunk · sniffer · schnozz · boko · honker · nose · snout · schnozzola · beezer · hooter · snotbox

Translations (615)

ovd nev (protuberance on the face) · nn tryne (snout, nose of an animal) · pt nariz (tip of an object) · gmy 𐀩𐀀 (protuberance on the face) · sne ndung (protuberance on the face) · lb Schnëss (snout, nose of an animal) · ab аҧынҵа (protuberance on the face) · fr gueule (snout, nose of an animal) · gl olfacto (skill at finding information) · mi ihu (snout, nose of an animal) · de Schnauze (snout, nose of an animal) · uk ніс (protuberance on the face) · mfe nene (protuberance on the face) · tvo ngunu (protuberance on the face) · sma njuenie (protuberance on the face) · gl nafre (protuberance on the face) · evn оңокто (protuberance on the face) · ru пятачо́к (snout, nose of an animal) · su pangambung (protuberance on the face) · fr odorat (skill in recognising bouquet) · mel uduong (protuberance on the face) · es ñata (protuberance on the face) · kls nast (protuberance on the face) · arc ܢܚܝܪܐ (protuberance on the face) · kpv ныр (protuberance on the face) · nn mule (snout, nose of an animal) · hu orr (protuberance on the face) · mdf шалхка (protuberance on the face) · cdm नेह् (protuberance on the face) · sc nasu (protuberance on the face) · lez нер (protuberance on the face) · zza pırnık (tip of an object) · io nazo (protuberance on the face) · fa نوک (tip of an object) · zza pırnık (length of a horse’s nose) · lb Nues (protuberance on the face) · es nariz (length of a horse’s nose) · bbc igung (protuberance on the face) · nl neus (protuberance on the face) · pt focinho (snout, nose of an animal) · ast focicu (snout, nose of an animal) · ro aromă (bouquet) · mwp piti (protuberance on the face) · fi kuono (snout, nose of an animal) · pl nos (tip of an object) · kmr difin (protuberance on the face) · pa نَکّ (protuberance on the face) · lmo nas (protuberance on the face) · ps پوزه (protuberance on the face) · da snude (snout, nose of an animal) · myv судо (protuberance on the face) · ga srón (protuberance on the face) · syl ꠘꠣꠇ (protuberance on the face) · hrx Naas (protuberance on the face) · eve оӈат (protuberance on the face) · apw bichį́h (protuberance on the face) · smn njune (protuberance on the face) · fa شامِّه (skill in recognising bouquet) · kn ನಾಸಿಕ (protuberance on the face) · tiw yirringintamura (protuberance on the face) · kum бурун (protuberance on the face) · udm ныр (protuberance on the face) · haw ihu (protuberance on the face) · de Rüssel (snout, nose of an animal) · ay nasa (protuberance on the face) · skp urue (protuberance on the face) · ba морон (snout, nose of an animal) · nay kopi (protuberance on the face) · pms nas (protuberance on the face) · ext narís (protuberance on the face) · haw nuku (tip of an object) · ktu zunu (protuberance on the face) · mnw မိုဟ် (protuberance on the face) · sv nos (snout, nose of an animal) · qua ppa (protuberance on the face) · el μύτη (protuberance on the face) · ani магьар (protuberance on the face) · yrk-tun пыя (protuberance on the face) · uga 𐎀𐎔 (protuberance on the face) · ota مشام (protuberance on the face) · oj injaanzh (protuberance on the face) · sib ungit (protuberance on the face) · teg yulu (protuberance on the face) · it muso (snout, nose of an animal) · ru ры́ло (snout, nose of an animal) · abg anogofa (protuberance on the face) · mzn ونی (protuberance on the face) · hil ilong (protuberance on the face) · njo-jgl teni (protuberance on the face) · sjd нюннҍ (protuberance on the face) · tum mpuno (protuberance on the face) · stq Noose (protuberance on the face) · ru нос (tip of an object) · fr trompe (snout, nose of an animal) · war irong (protuberance on the face) · fur nâs (protuberance on the face) · sa नासिका (protuberance on the face) · shn ၶူႈလင် (protuberance on the face) · bbl მარლʻო̆ (protuberance on the face) · bg нос (protuberance on the face) · mba idung (protuberance on the face) · alh gujumur (protuberance on the face) · ba танау (protuberance on the face) · sh nȏs (protuberance on the face) · fi hajuaisti (skill in recognising bouquet) · ps پزه (protuberance on the face) · fi nystyrä (bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle) · pam arung (protuberance on the face) · gl olfacto (skill in recognising bouquet) · mww ntswg (protuberance on the face) · aer alhe (protuberance on the face) · vo nud (protuberance on the face) · lt nosis (protuberance on the face) · kn ಮೂಗು (protuberance on the face) · rom nakh (protuberance on the face) · ny mphuno (protuberance on the face) · chr ᎠᏴᏐᎵ (protuberance on the face) · nl neus (tip of an object) · tft ngunu (protuberance on the face) · yka ūng (protuberance on the face) · ko(snout, nose of an animal) · pi nas (protuberance on the face) · ms hidung (protuberance on the face) · bg муцу́на (snout, nose of an animal) · ain エトゥ (protuberance on the face) · yai нес (protuberance on the face) · es olfato (skill in recognising bouquet) · yi נאָז (protuberance on the face) · haw ihu (tip of an object) · frr nöös (protuberance on the face) · cs nos (protuberance on the face) · my နှာခေါင်း (protuberance on the face) · tiw jinimuli (protuberance on the face) · az burun (protuberance on the face) · lb Nues (skill in recognising bouquet) · wal siiriya (protuberance on the face) · fr excroissance (bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle) · ak ɛhwene (protuberance on the face) · ru мо́рда (snout, nose of an animal) · ro nas (skill in recognising bouquet) · njo-jgl tena (Mongsen) (protuberance on the face) · nn nase (skill in recognising bouquet) · dsb nos (protuberance on the face) · nn snute (snout, nose of an animal) · fr nez (protuberance on the face) · yag kaSuS (protuberance on the face) · zh 鼻子 (protuberance on the face) · mi ihu (protuberance on the face) · lv šņukurs (snout, nose of an animal) · qu sinqa (protuberance on the face) · ar أَنْف (protuberance on the face) · cdo(protuberance on the face) · inh мераж (protuberance on the face) · kmc maengl (protuberance on the face) · kg zunu (protuberance on the face) · av мегӏер (protuberance on the face) · ro lungime de nas (length of a horse’s nose) · scn nasca (protuberance on the face) · csb nos (protuberance on the face) · ar أنْف (protuberance on the face) · yo imú (protuberance on the face) · mrw ngirong (protuberance on the face) · om funyaan (protuberance on the face) · ro buchet (bouquet) · kea naris (snout, nose of an animal) · bg нос (snout, nose of an animal) · gun(protuberance on the face) · ssy san (protuberance on the face) · ti ኣፍንጫ (protuberance on the face) · wao šíma (protuberance on the face) · de Nase (skill in recognising bouquet) · eu sudur (protuberance on the face) · kmr poz (protuberance on the face) · hi नाक (protuberance on the face) · roa-tar nase (protuberance on the face) · ruo nås (protuberance on the face) · ctd naak (protuberance on the face) · cjs пурун (protuberance on the face) · es narizotas (protuberance on the face) · da snude (protuberance on the face) · tog mpuno class 9 (protuberance on the face) · ro nas (protuberance on the face) · kw tron (protuberance on the face) · fo nøs (protuberance on the face) · ast ñariz (protuberance on the face) · sjd нюннҍ (snout, nose of an animal) · sms njuuʹnn (protuberance on the face) · shi inxar (protuberance on the face) · rgn nêş (protuberance on the face) · dlm nuos (protuberance on the face) · nb tryne (snout, nose of an animal) · sl nos (tip of an object) · zu impumulo (snout, nose of an animal) · bdq muh (protuberance on the face) · sv spets (tip of an object) · yue(protuberance on the face) · isd ixong (protuberance on the face) · svs gnoko (protuberance on the face) · da mulelængde (length of a horse’s nose) · it naso (protuberance on the face) · gl fuciño (snout, nose of an animal) · nn mulelengd (length of a horse’s nose) · tby ngununu (protuberance on the face) · fa پوز (protuberance on the face) · pox nös (protuberance on the face) · de Nase (tip of an object) · rue нос (protuberance on the face) · khb ᦡᧂ (protuberance on the face) · tzm ⵜⵉⵏⵣⴰⵔ (protuberance on the face) · nl snuit (snout, nose of an animal) · zh бизы (protuberance on the face) · zza serni (bouquet) · yue 鼻哥 (protuberance on the face) · yao lupula class 11 (protuberance on the face) · mn хамар (protuberance on the face) · an naso (protuberance on the face) · rsk нос (protuberance on the face) · kjh пурун (protuberance on the face) · nn nase (protuberance on the face) · mr नाक (protuberance on the face) · bo སྣ (protuberance on the face) · ru носова́я часть (tip of an object) · ill ngirung (protuberance on the face) · fi nokka (tip of an object) · qu singa (protuberance on the face) · nv áchį́į́h (snout, nose of an animal) · tk burun (protuberance on the face) · ccc kulu (protuberance on the face) · tyv думчук (protuberance on the face) · de Nase (protuberance on the face) · yue(snout, nose of an animal) · ka ცხვირი (protuberance on the face) · am አፍንጫ (protuberance on the face) · es ñanga (protuberance on the face) · nl neuslengte (length of a horse’s nose) · uli booad (protuberance on the face) · nrf naïz (protuberance on the face) · is nef (protuberance on the face) · ca nas (protuberance on the face) · hak(protuberance on the face) · xal хамр (protuberance on the face) · ny mpuno (tip of an object) · sjd туррьп (snout, nose of an animal) · bdk меъел (protuberance on the face) · bo ཤངས (protuberance on the face) · gld вакса (protuberance on the face) · tru ܢܚܝܪܐ (protuberance on the face) · mn ᠬᠠᠪᠠᠷ (protuberance on the face) · maw nyɔya (protuberance on the face) · sl nọ̑s (protuberance on the face) · ro cioc (tip of an object) · fa پوزِه (snout, nose of an animal) · el αιχμή (tip of an object) · as নাক (protuberance on the face) · oc nas (protuberance on the face) · so san (protuberance on the face) · gag burnu (protuberance on the face) · agr nuhi (protuberance on the face) · mas enkume (protuberance on the face) · ru но́сик (tip of an object) · bdr urung (protuberance on the face) · kqr todung (protuberance on the face) · fa بینی (protuberance on the face) · kix ngā (protuberance on the face) · kjj кӏыты́р (protuberance on the face) · el μούρη (tip of an object) · el μύτη (skill in recognising bouquet) · kha khmut (protuberance on the face) · ny mphuno (snout, nose of an animal) · bej ginúuf (protuberance on the face) · ky мурун (protuberance on the face) · fi vainu (skill at finding information) · sid sano (protuberance on the face) · za ndaeng (protuberance on the face) · rup nari (protuberance on the face) · es nariz (protuberance on the face) · nb snute (snout, nose of an animal) · rif tinzar (protuberance on the face) · cy trwyn (protuberance on the face) · ti ኣንፈተ (protuberance on the face) · lb Nues (tip of an object) · mdh ngirung (protuberance on the face) · gl crica (protuberance on the face) · nrf nez (protuberance on the face) · amm amu (protuberance on the face) · eo nazo (protuberance on the face) · da næse (protuberance on the face) · ar بوز (protuberance on the face) · egl nèṡ (protuberance on the face) · sce khawa (protuberance on the face) · ru чутьё (skill at finding information) · gur yõorɛ (protuberance on the face) · drg oddung (protuberance on the face) · ota انف (protuberance on the face) · mr नासिका (protuberance on the face) · ium mba'zorng (protuberance on the face) · et nina (protuberance on the face) · wbp nginymana (protuberance on the face) · nio ӈүӈкә (protuberance on the face) · sat ᱢᱩ (protuberance on the face) · sh но̑с (protuberance on the face) · wbp mulyu (protuberance on the face) · sah мурун (protuberance on the face) · agt igung (protuberance on the face) · ruq nas (protuberance on the face) · nn naseparti (tip of an object) · af neus (protuberance on the face) · ii ꅳꁖ (protuberance on the face) · fi nenä (protuberance on the face) · ast ñarra (protuberance on the face) · he חרטום (tip of an object) · cjy 鼻子 (protuberance on the face) · gd sròn (protuberance on the face) · egy fnD:Z1 (snout, nose of an animal) · hsb nós (protuberance on the face) · lo ດັງ (protuberance on the face) · mbb izung (protuberance on the face) · ru чутьё (skill in recognising bouquet) · kl qingaq (protuberance on the face) · mt mnieħer (protuberance on the face) · bcl dungo (protuberance on the face) · ota بورون (tip of an object) · es napias (protuberance on the face) · clt hnaacabuv (protuberance on the face) · pi nāsā (protuberance on the face) · hak 鼻公 (protuberance on the face) · rm nas (protuberance on the face) · pap nanishi (protuberance on the face) · fr nez (skill in recognising bouquet) · sa नासा (protuberance on the face) · ar خَشَم (protuberance on the face) · crs nennen (protuberance on the face) · orv носъ (protuberance on the face) · krc бурун (protuberance on the face) · it naso (skill at finding information) · bni zolo (protuberance on the face) · zea neuze (protuberance on the face) · fa بِینِی (protuberance on the face) · ch gui'eng (protuberance on the face) · fi kärsä (snout, nose of an animal) · hi नासिका (protuberance on the face) · haw ihu (snout, nose of an animal) · grc ῥίς (protuberance on the face) · el μουσούδι (snout, nose of an animal) · nv áchį́į́h (protuberance on the face) · rap ihu (protuberance on the face) · qu singa (protuberance on the face) · bg нос (tip of an object) · tpw(protuberance on the face) · ltg nuoss (protuberance on the face) · br fri (protuberance on the face) · yur 'ner-p'ern' (protuberance on the face) · zh(protuberance on the face) · ota بورون (protuberance on the face) · sv väderkorn (skill at finding information) · mk муцка (snout, nose of an animal) · kk мұрын (protuberance on the face) · agx хъехъв (protuberance on the face) · lmw húk (protuberance on the face) · sk nos (protuberance on the face) · wa nez (protuberance on the face) · he חוֹטֶם (protuberance on the face) · ln zolo (protuberance on the face) · os фий (protuberance on the face) · vo snud (snout, nose of an animal) · ude ŋühɵ (protuberance on the face) · mi kanekane (snout, nose of an animal) · mnk nuŋo (protuberance on the face) · tih arung (protuberance on the face) · pag eleng (protuberance on the face) · ug بۇرۇن (protuberance on the face) · th ดัง (protuberance on the face) · ar مناخير (protuberance on the face) · ak hwene (protuberance on the face) · nah yacatl (protuberance on the face) · ro nas (skill at finding information) · ibg igung (protuberance on the face) · ar خشم (protuberance on the face) · gd sròn (snout, nose of an animal) · vec naxo (protuberance on the face) · sv näsa (skill in recognising bouquet) · zh 鼻仔 (protuberance on the face) · pi nāsikā (protuberance on the face) · alt тумчук (protuberance on the face) · el όσφρηση (skill in recognising bouquet) · win paa (protuberance on the face) · mnp(protuberance on the face) · tyv хаай (protuberance on the face) · uz burun (protuberance on the face) · cnk nawryng (protuberance on the face) · pdt Näs (protuberance on the face) · cop ϣⲁⲛⲧ- (protuberance on the face) · qu sinq'a (protuberance on the face) · da tud (tip of an object) · zu ikhala (protuberance on the face) · tly vıni (protuberance on the face) · km ច្រមុះ (protuberance on the face) · srn noso (protuberance on the face) · tsg ilung (protuberance on the face) · qu singa (protuberance on the face) · mi kanekane (protuberance on the face) · wo bakkan (protuberance on the face) · mvv arung (protuberance on the face) · nb mulelengde (length of a horse’s nose) · gu નાક (protuberance on the face) · da spids (tip of an object) · pcd néz (protuberance on the face) · xcl քիթ (protuberance on the face) · kaw hirung (protuberance on the face) · lv deguns (protuberance on the face) · kaa murın (protuberance on the face) · st nko (protuberance on the face) · gl fuciño (protuberance on the face) · izh nenä (protuberance on the face) · es olfato (skill at finding information) · sq hundë (protuberance on the face) · ota بینی (protuberance on the face) · khw نسکار (protuberance on the face) · es napia (protuberance on the face) · tiw tinkimaga (protuberance on the face) · de Nasenlänge (length of a horse’s nose) · ast morru (snout, nose of an animal) · akl ilong (protuberance on the face) · ru нюх (skill in recognising bouquet) · si නහය (protuberance on the face) · sv nos (tip of an object) · naq ǂguis (protuberance on the face) · ja(protuberance on the face) · rw amazuru (protuberance on the face) · rif anzar (protuberance on the face) · mtq mũi (protuberance on the face) · rhg nak (protuberance on the face) · tew shu (protuberance on the face) · gan 鼻子 (protuberance on the face) · sv näsa (protuberance on the face) · aa san (protuberance on the face) · ado mutu (protuberance on the face) · be нос (protuberance on the face) · tet inus (protuberance on the face) · sjd нюннҍ (tip of an object) · lv snuķis (snout, nose of an animal) · shi tinzar (protuberance on the face) · vro nõna (protuberance on the face) · hsn 鼻子 (protuberance on the face) · cv сӑмса (protuberance on the face) · huz мару (protuberance on the face) · ceb sungad (snout, nose of an animal) · bsy odung (protuberance on the face) · cic ibichchala' (protuberance on the face) · fa تَوانِ بویایی (skill in recognising bouquet) · acm خشم (protuberance on the face) · ht nen (protuberance on the face) · pcd nuch (protuberance on the face) · fi tuoksu (bouquet) · ur ناک (protuberance on the face) · iu ᕿᖓᖅ (protuberance on the face) · krl nenä (protuberance on the face) · skr نَک (protuberance on the face) · koi ныр (protuberance on the face) · ne नाक (protuberance on the face) · ady пэ (protuberance on the face) · fa نُس (protuberance on the face) · liv nanā (protuberance on the face) · fr nez (tip of an object) · ko(tip of an object) · cu ⱀⱁⱄⱏ (protuberance on the face) · nb nese (skill in recognising bouquet) · de Nase (protuberance on the face) · bh नाक (protuberance on the face) · ha hanci (protuberance on the face) · kr kǝnza (protuberance on the face) · tr burun (protuberance on the face) · ce мара (protuberance on the face) · sva ნეფხვნა (protuberance on the face) · zom na (protuberance on the face) · tt борын (protuberance on the face) · el ρύγχος (tip of an object) · wym noos (protuberance on the face) · la nāsus (protuberance on the face) · he אַף (protuberance on the face) · ru нос (protuberance on the face) · sw pua (protuberance on the face) · fi turpa (snout, nose of an animal) · dtr odung (protuberance on the face) · ko(protuberance on the face) · kea naris (protuberance on the face) · bg връх (tip of an object) · gv stroin (protuberance on the face) · tvo ngun (protuberance on the face) · or ନାକ (protuberance on the face) · pdc Naas (protuberance on the face) · es naso (protuberance on the face) · pl nos (protuberance on the face) · nb neseparti (tip of an object) · luy kamoolu (protuberance on the face) · es nariz (bouquet) · os фындз (protuberance on the face) · sd نڪ (protuberance on the face) · are alhe (protuberance on the face) · ro vârf (tip of an object)

wikidata: Q7363

nose en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (California) audio
  • [nɐʉ̯z] (New-Zealand)
  • [nəʊ̯z] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • nōz (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [nəʉ̯z] (Australia)
  • [nəʊ̯z] (Ireland)
  • nōz (Multicultural-London-English)
  • (London) audio
  • nōz (Ireland)
  • [noʊ̯z] (Ireland)
  • [noʊ̯z] (Canada, General-American)
  • [noːz] (Multicultural-London-English)
  • (London) audio
  • nōz (British, Southern, Standard)
  • [nəwz] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • nōz (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”). See also Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), Low German Nääs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
    • The ship nosed through the minefield.
    • Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did. 2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42:
  2. (also, ambitransitive, followed by around or about, idiomatic, in which case, intransitive) To snoop.
    • She was nosing around other people’s business.
  3. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
    • Real connoisseurs know that to nose and taste properly you have to add still water to your tulip-shaped glass so that the alcohol doesn't overwhelm you. 2002 October 20, Bob Morris, “Connoisseurship Runneth Over”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • Dogs hurried out to nose Edmund[.] 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 18:
    • […] if you finde him not this moneth, you ſhall noſe him as you go vp the ſtaires into the Lobby. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 273:
  4. (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
    • [L]ambs are glad / Nosing the mother's udder, and the bird / Makes his heart voice among the blaze of flowers: […] 1868, Alfred Tennyson, “Lucretius”, in The Holy Grail and Other Poems, London: Strahan and Co., […], published 1870, →OCLC, page 211:
  5. (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
  6. (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
    • to nose a prayer
    • It makes far better musick when you nose Sternold's, or Wisdom's meeter. c. 1635, William Cartwright, The Ordinary:
  7. (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
    • to nose a stair tread
  8. (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
  9. (intransitive) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
  10. (intransitive) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
    • We have to get it nosing down.
    • The plane is nosing up!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
nosed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nosed Tense=Past lexicographic
nosing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
noses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

nosey · nose out · nose around · nose about · brown-nose · nose over

Translations (34)

ru вынюхивать (to snoop) · sv lägga näsan i blöt (to snoop) · sv nosa (to snoop) · it mettere il naso (to snoop) · it annusare (to detect) · ro mirosi (to detect) · fi liikkua varovaisesti (to move cautiously) · ru толка́ть носом (to push with the nose) · de schnüffeln (to snoop) · ru осторожно дви́гаться (to move cautiously) · mi māhirahira (to snoop) · fi nuuskia (to snoop) · mk душка (to snoop) · ro băga nasul (to snoop) · da liste (to move cautiously) · sv smyga (to move cautiously) · fi tunnustella (to move cautiously) · pl wścibiać nos (to snoop) · fi voittaa hiuksenhienosti (to win by a narrow margin) · it vincere per un soffio (to win by a narrow margin) · ru сова́ть нос в чужи́е дела́ (to snoop) · ko 맡다 (to detect) · ru слы́шать запах (to detect) · ru чу́ять (to detect) · ru кра́сться (to move cautiously) · fi nuuhkia (to push with the nose) · da snuse (to snoop) · pl węszyć (to detect) · it fiutare (to detect) · sv snoka (to snoop) · it nasare (to detect) · sv vädra (to detect) · fi haistaa (to detect) · it andare a naso (to move cautiously)