nose

Definitions

1. nose (a protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
2. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
3. nose; smell (sense of smell)
4. To defeat by a narrow margin.
5. A snout, the nose of an animal.
6. With disapproval, contempt, or arrogance: Year-round residents here look down their noses at the summer people.
7. The tip of an object.
8. Exactly; precisely: predicted the final score on the nose.
9. The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
10. In plain view: The keys are right under your nose.
11. 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.
12. bleeding from the nose; nosebleed.
13. A perfumer.
14. a scientific study of the nose. — nasologist, n. — nasological, adj.
15. The sense of smell.
16. an electrically lighted instrument for examining the nasal cavities. — nasoscopic, adj.
17. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
    idiomatic
18. the analysis of character and intelligence by studying the physical characteristics of the nose. — noseological, adj.
19. The skill in recognising bouquet.
20. Skill at finding information.
    broadly
21. irritation of the nose, especially of the mucous membrane lining it.
22. The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
    also, idiomatic
23. the branch of medical science that studies the nose and its diseases. — rhinologist, n. — rhinologic, rhinological, adj.
24. A downward projection from a cornice.
25. An informer.
    slang

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Examples

“She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.”

“The face⟳ which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].”

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

“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.”

“Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat⟳ engines fit and able to push⟳ her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come⟳ Hell or high water.”

“Red Rum only won by a nose.”

“Jacques Polge, Chanel's top “nose” since 1978, made the decision when developers started trying to buy⟳ up land⟳ around Grasse, where the Muls cultivate three hectares of the precious plant⟳.”

“We are not offended with […] a dog for a better nose than his master.”

“It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.”

“A successful reporter has a nose for news.”

“They had a nose around the abandoned property.”

“[…] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; […]”

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