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What (who) is nose - definition
nose
I
n.
1) to blow; wipe one's nose
2) to pick one's nose
3) an aquiline, Roman; bulbous; pug, snub, turned-up nose
4) a bloody; running, runny nose (the child has a runny nose)
5) through the nose (to breathe through the nose)
6) a nose bleeds; runs
7) (misc.) to bury one's nose in a book ('to become absorbed in a book'); to count noses ('to count those present'); to cut off one's nose to spite one's face ('to harm one's own interests'); to lead smb. by the nose ('to order smb. around'); to pay through the nose ('to pay an exorbitant price'); to keep one's nose out of smb. else's business; to poke, stick one's nose into smb. else's business; to thumb one's nose at smb. ('to defy smb.'); to keep one's nose to the grindstone ('to work long and hard'); under smb.'s (very) nose ('in smb.'s plain sight'); to turn up one's nose at ('to sneer at'); on the nose(AE; colloq.) ('exactly'); a nose for scandal ('an ability to ferret out scandal'); by a nose ('by a small margin'); to follow one's nose ('to go straight forward'); to tweak ('pinch') smb.'s nose
II
v.
1) (colloq.) (D; intr.) to nose into (to nose into smb.'s affairs)
2) (P; tr.) she nosed the car into the street
nose
¦ noun
1. the part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal, containing the nostrils and used in breathing and smelling.
2. a person's or animal's sense of smell.
the aroma of a particular substance, especially wine.
an instinctive talent for detecting something: he has a nose for a good script.
3. the front end of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle.
a projecting participle
4. an act of looking around or prying: she wanted a good nose round the house.
5. informal a police informer.
¦ verb
1. (of an animal) thrust its nose against or into something.
smell or sniff (something).
2. look around or pry into something.
3. make one's way slowly ahead, especially in a vehicle.
Phrases
by a nose (of a victory) by a very narrow margin.
cut off one's nose to spite one's face disadvantage oneself through a wilful attempt to gain an advantage or assert oneself.
get up someone's nose Brit. informal irritate or annoy someone.
give someone a bloody nose inflict a resounding defeat on someone.
keep one's nose clean informal stay out of trouble.
keep one's nose out of refrain from interfering in.
nose to tail Brit. (of vehicles) moving or standing close behind one another.
not see further than one's (or the end of one's) nose fail to consider different possibilities or to foresee consequences.
on the nose
1. to a person's sense of smell.
2. informal (of a bet) on a horse to win (as opposed to being placed).
3. informal, chiefly N. Amer. precisely.
4. Austral./NZ informal distasteful; offensive.
put someone's nose out of joint informal offend someone or hurt their pride.
turn one's nose up at informal show distaste or contempt for.
under someone's nose informal directly in front of someone.
with one's nose in the air haughtily.
Derivatives
-nosed adjective
noseless adjective
Origin
OE nosu, of W. Gmc origin.
Nose
·noun The power of smelling; hence, scent.
II. Nose ·vi To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
III. Nose ·add. ·vt to beat by (the length of) a nose.
IV. Nose ·add. ·vt To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
V. Nose ·add. ·vi To push or move with the nose or front forward.
VI. Nose ·add. ·vt To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.
VII. Nose ·vt To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
X. Nose ·add. ·vt To Confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.
XI. Nose ·vt To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
XII. Nose ·add. ·vt To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the statio;.
XIII. Nose ·noun 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.
Examples of use of nose
1. Nabi ran after him until they stood nose to nose.
2. I instantly thought the resemblance between Nicoles nose and Elizabeth Montgomerys nose was perfect, she says.
3. Rose Apple Nose" because many claim his nose resembles the fruit.
4. The Queen can only escape being photographed picking her nose by never, ever picking her nose.
5. "I don‘t like my nose: it‘s too big and not the nose I would have given myself, but it‘s my nose." She declined the offer.