nose

noun · verbA1

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noun
Plural noun:
noses
  1. 1.

    A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.

    She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.

  2. 2.

    A snout, the nose of an animal.

  3. 3.

    The tip of an object.

    the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane

  4. 4.

    The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.

  5. 5.

    (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.

  6. 6.

    (perfumery) A perfumer.

  7. 7.

    The sense of smell.

  8. 8.

    (idiomatic)Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.

  9. 9.

    The skill in recognising bouquet.

    It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.

  10. 10.

    (broadly)(by extension) Skill at finding information.

    A successful tabloid reporter has a nose for gossip.

  11. 11.

    (also, idiomatic)(idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop

    They had a nose around the abandoned property.

  12. 12.

    (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.

    Đồng nghĩa: drip

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
noses
V_ing/Gerund
nosing
V_ed/pp
nosed
  1. 1.

    (intransitive)To move cautiously by advancing its front end.

    The ship nosed through the minefield.

  2. 2.

    (also, ambitransitive, idiomatic, intransitive)(intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.

    She was nosing around other people’s business.

  3. 3.

    (transitive)To detect by smell or as if by smell.

  4. 4.

    (transitive)To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

  5. 5.

    (transitive)To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.

  6. 6.

    (transitive)To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.

    to nose a prayer

  7. 7.

    (transitive)To furnish with a nose.

    to nose a stair tread

  8. 8.

    (transitive)To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

  9. 9.

    (intransitive)(intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive

  10. 10.

    (intransitive)(intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.

    The plane is nosing up!

    We have to get it nosing down.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (nose, nostril).

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