nose
pronunciation
How to pronounce nose in British English:
UK [nəʊz]
How to pronounce nose in American English:
US [noʊz]
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- Noun:
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
- a small distance
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
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- Verb:
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
- advance the forward part of with caution
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- push or move with the nose
- rub noses
- defeat by a narrow margin
Word Origin
- nose
- nose: [OE] Nose is the English member of a widespread family of ‘nose’-words that trace their ancestry back to Indo-European *nas-. This has produced Latin nāsus (source of English nasal [17]), Sanskrit nás, Lithuanian nósis, and Russian, Polish, Czech, and Serbo-Croat nos. Its Germanic descendant has differentiated into German nase, Dutch neus, Swedish näsa, Danish næse, and English nose. Nozzle [17] and nuzzle [15] are probably derived from nose, and ness ‘promontory, headland’ [OE] (now encountered only in place-names) is related to it.=> nasal, ness, nostril, nozzle, nuzzle
- nose (v.)
- "perceive the smell of," 1570s; "pry, search," 1640s, from nose (n.). Related: Nosed; nosing.
- nose (n.)
- Old English nosu, from Proto-Germanic *nusus (cognates: Old Norse nös, Old Frisian nose, Dutch neus, Old High German nasa, German Nase), from PIE *nas- "nose" (cognates: Sanskrit nasa, Old Persian naham, Old Church Slavonic nasu, Lithuanian nosis, Latin nasus "nose"). Used of any prominent or projecting part from 1530s. (nose cone in the space rocket sense is from 1949). Used to indicate "something obvious" from 1590s. Meaning "odor, scent" is from 1894. Kiv, It could bee no other then his owne manne, that had thrust his nose so farre out of ioynte. ["Barnabe Riche His Farewell to Military Profession," 1581] Pay through the nose (1670s) seems to suggest "bleed." Many extended meanings are from the horse-racing sense of "length of a horse's nose," as a measure of distance between two finishers (1908). To turn up one's nose "show disdain" is from 1818 (earlier hold up one's nose, 1570s); similar notion in look down one's nose (1921). To say something is under (one's) nose "in plain view" is from 1540s.
Example
- 1. That tingling in your nose may not be allergies .
- 2. Hizbullah rouses region-wide cheers for bloodying israel 's nose .
- 3. The plan flopped , but few doubt that mr buffett and mr jain have a sharp commercial nose .
- 4. I touched her little pink nose , and reheld her into my arms , happily came back home .
- 5. This man is putting pepper up his nose .