nose

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Nose: the sensory organ

[edit] Etymology

From Old English nosu

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /nəʊz/
• (US) IPA: /noʊz/
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• Rhymes: -əʊz

[edit] Noun

nose (plural noses)

1. The organ of the face used to breathe or smell.

   She has a cold in the nose.

2. A snout, the nose of an animal
3. The tip of an object (e.g. the nose of a fighter plane).
4. (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.

   Red Rum only won by a nose.

5. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
6. The skill in recognising bouquet.

   It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.

7. (by extension) Skill at finding information.

   A successful reporter has a nose for news.

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• rhino-

[edit] Verb

to nose (third-person singular simple present noses, present participle nosing, simple past and past participle nosed)

1. (intransitive) To move cautiously.

   The ship nosed through the minefield.

2. (intransitive) To snoop.

   She was nosing around other people’s business.

3. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
   • c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 4, sc. 3,

     If you find him not within

     this month, you shall nose him as you go up the

     stairs into the lobby.

4. (transitive) To push with one's nose.
5. (transitive) To nuzzle.
6. (transitive) To win by a narrow margin.

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• brown-nose
• nosey

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnoze/

[edit] Noun

nose

1. accusative, genitive or dative singular of nosu
2. nominative or accusative plural of nosu