nose
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
A snout, the nose of an animal.
The tip of an object.
“the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane”
The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
Verb 4 meanings
To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
“The ship nosed through the minefield.”
To snoop.
“She was nosing around other people’s business.”
To detect by smell or as if by smell.
To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
Etymology
From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”).
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NOSE at a glance
NOSE has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (N 1 + O 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,893 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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