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Nose
/nəʊz/
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
📖 Definitions of "Nose"
noun
- 1
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
"She has a cold in the nose."
- 2
A snout, the nose of an animal.
- 3
The tip of an object.
"the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane"
- 4
The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
verb
- 1
To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
"The ship nosed through the minefield."
- 2
To snoop.
"She was nosing around other people’s business."
- 3
To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- 4
To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
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