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nose
English
Etymology
From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu (compare Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), variant of *nas? (compare German Low German Nees, Nes, Näs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese (“nose”)), old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s- ~ *nh?es- (“nose, nostril”) (compare Latin n?ris (“nostril”), n?sus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian ??? (nos), Sanskrit ???? (n??s?, “nostrils”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?z, IPA(key): /n??z/
- (General American) enPR: n?z, IPA(key): /no?z/
- Homophones: knows, noes
- Rhymes: -??z
Noun
nose (plural noses)
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- The tip of an object.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- 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, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (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.
- A perfumer.
- The power of smelling.
- c. 1700 Jeremy Collier, Of Envy
- We are not offended with […] a dog for a better nose than his master.
- c. 1700 Jeremy Collier, Of Envy
- Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- Synonym: drip
- (slang) An informer.
- Synonym: nark
- 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London (page 60)
- […] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; […]
Synonyms
- (the bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle): tab
- See also Thesaurus:nose
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: noso
Translations
See nose/translations § Noun.
See also
- rhino-
Verb
nose (third-person singular simple present noses, present participle nosing, simple past and past participle nosed)
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (intransitive) To snoop.
- (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.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 4, sc. 3,
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- 1868, Alfred Tennyson, Lucretius
- lambs […] nosing the mother's udder
- 1868, Alfred Tennyson, Lucretius
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowley to this entry?)
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
Derived terms
- brown-nose
- nosey
- nose out
Translations
Anagrams
- ENSO, Enos, NEOs, Neso, SONE, Sone, eons, neos, noes, one's, ones, sone
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?nos?]
Noun
nose
- vocative/locative singular of nos
Verb
nose
- masculine singular present transgressive of nosit
Related terms
- nosíc
- nesa
Japanese
Romanization
nose
- R?maji transcription of ??
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?/, [?n?s?]
Noun
nose
- nominative/accusative plural of nos
Middle English
Alternative forms
- neose, nese, nosse, noose
Etymology 1
From Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu.
Alternative forms
- noose, nosse, nos, nosu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??z(?)/
Noun
nose (plural noses or nosen)
- nose (protrusion of the human face)
- beak, nose-shaped protrusion
Descendants
- English: nose
- Scots: nos, nose, nois
- Yola: nize, niz
References
- “n?se, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old French nos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no?s/
Noun
nose (plural noses)
- (rare, Late Middle English) noose
Descendants
- English: noose
References
- “n?se, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Northern Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *njík??.
Noun
nose
- bee
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- nosa (a- and split infinitives)
Verb
nose (present tense nosar, past tense nosa, past participle nosa, passive infinitive nosast, present participle nosande, imperative nos)
- (transitive) to sniff, nose
References
- “nose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- osen, sone
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nose/, [?noze]
Noun
nose
- inflection of nosu:
- accusative/genitive/dative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- nosi
Noun
nose f
- nose
Inflection
Descendants
- North Frisian: nös
- Saterland Frisian: Noose
- West Frisian: noas
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
nose (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- third-person plural present of nositi
Slovak
Noun
nose
- locative singular of nos
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nosely
English
Etymology
From nose +? -ly.
Adjective
nosely (comparative more nosely, superlative most nosely)
- (nonstandard) Of, relating to, or characteristic of the nose or noses, nasal; nosey.
- 1983, C. William Allen, An obituary for Hawa Barchue: a novel:
- That was unusual because Barnesville is a place like most low cost housing areas where people did not only know wone another but are nosely to the point of finding out each others business.
- 1983, C. William Allen, An obituary for Hawa Barchue: a novel:
Adverb
nosely (comparative more nosely, superlative most nosely)
- (nonstandard) In a nosey or nasal manner; nasally.
- 1877, John Trowbridge, The great match, and other matches:
- If any one desired to meet real American people, without a trace of the pronunciation of a Briton; people who talked right nosely, — Milltown.
- 1920, Amalgamated Transit Union, Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America, In transit:
- May I ask Brother Elmer Hayden where he gets that stuff that so nosely blooms.
- 1877, John Trowbridge, The great match, and other matches:
Anagrams
- Loneys, enoyls
nosely From the web:
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