nose

nose

nose (third-person singular simple present noses, present participle nosing, simple past and past participle nosed)

1. (intransitive) To move cautiously.

   The ship nosed through the minefield.

2. (intransitive) To snoop.

   She was nosing around other people’s business.

3. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
   • circa 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.

4. (transitive) To push with ones nose.
5. (transitive) To nuzzle.
6. (transitive) To win by a narrow margin.

nose (plural noses)

1. The organ of the face 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 (e.g. the nose of a fighter plane).
   • 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.

4. (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.

5. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
6. The skill in recognising bouquet.

   It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.

7. (by extension) Skill at finding information.

   A successful reporter has a nose for news.

	naso
	organ of the face
	The organ of the face used to smell things.

muso

annusare

fiutare

fiuto

narice

nasone

nàsca

nàsu

odorato

prora

prua

punta

strisciare

Altri significati:

to detect

skill at finding information

(transitive) To win by a narrow margin.

(transitive) To nuzzle.

The tip of an object (e.g. the nose of a fighter plane).

The skill in recognising bouquet.

skill in recognising bouquet

(by extension) Skill at finding information.

To snoop

(transitive) To push with one's nose.

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

(intransitive) To move cautiously.

length of a horse’s nose

snout, nose of an animal

nose (of plane)

To move cautiously

Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.

(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.

The organ of the face used to breathe or smell.

A snout, the nose of an animal

tip of an object

(intransitive) To snoop.

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