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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
nose From the web:
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- what nose do i have
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- what nose shape is most attractive
- what nose piercing hurts the most
- what nose type do i have
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sneck
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sn?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
sneck (plural snecks)
- (Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch.
- 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 2:
- Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first in one little sneck and then another, finally pulling it right to the bottom and pressing the button into the little brass hole.
- 1980, JL Carr, A Month in the Country, Penguin 2010, p. 3:
- The graveyard wall was in good repair, although, surprisingly, the narrow gate's sneck was smashed and it was held-to by a loop of binder twine.
- 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 2:
- (Northern England, Scotland) The nose.
- A cut.
Verb
sneck (third-person singular simple present snecks, present participle snecking, simple past and past participle snecked)
- (transitive) To latch, to lock.
- (transitive) To cut.
Derived terms
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]
Anagrams
- Encks, necks
Scots
Verb
sneck (third-person singular present snecks, present participle sneckin, past sneckt, past participle sneckt)
- to click (with a computer mouse)
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