Word Finder - nose

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

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She has a cold in the nose.

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A snout, the nose of an animal.

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The tip of an object.

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

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

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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.

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Red Rum only won by a nose.

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A perfumer.

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The power of smelling.

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Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.

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The skill in recognising bouquet.

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It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.

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(by extension) Skill at finding information.

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A successful reporter has a nose for news.

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A downward projection from a cornice.

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• drip

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An informer.

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• nark

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To move cautiously by advancing its front end.

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The ship nosed through the minefield.

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To snoop.

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She was nosing around other people’s business.

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To detect by smell or as if by smell.

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To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

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

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

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to nose a prayer

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To furnish with a nose.

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to nose a stair tread

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To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

The sweet scent of rotting seaweed made her nose wrinkle.

As she turned her head, the spoon distorted her nose, making it look longer and hooked.

The bear lifted her nose, testing the breeze.

She wrinkled her nose at him as she brushed by and he tugged playfully at her hair.

The officer, Timokhin, with his red little nose, standing on the dam wiping himself with a towel, felt confused at seeing the prince, but made up his mind to address him nevertheless.

She wrinkled her nose.

His nose and mouth were twisted to one side.

Yeah, my nose is too big and my face is full of freckles, but my hair looks great.

There was even a thorn upon the tip of his nose and he looked so funny that Dorothy laughed when she saw him.

He snatched her head with his other hand, then held her nose closed as she clamped her mouth shut.

There was a handkerchief pressed to her nose and he thought she was crying.

The tiny pink nose wiggled and the pink eyes regarded Destiny suspiciously.

His nose crinkled as he drew near.

Carmen wrinkled her nose at him.

The assailant pushed a rag against the sleeping girl's nose and mouth and quietly, but with surprising speed, was down the stairs and out the front door in the matter of seconds.

He kissed her forehead, her nose, her lips.

His nose bore the appearance of having been broken and set incorrectly more than once.

Westlake plugged forward, his nose nearly at the windshield, which was spider-webbed with nicks and cracks, as the old car crawled higher.

Next came the little nose.

Her eyes fell to the fish, and her nose wrinkled.

The prince, who generally kept very strictly to social distinctions and rarely admitted even important government officials to his table, had unexpectedly selected Michael Ivanovich (who always went into a corner to blow his nose on his checked handkerchief) to illustrate the theory that all men are equals, and had more than once impressed on his daughter that Michael Ivanovich was "not a whit worse than you or I."

So that was how he broke his nose.

Something was under her nose.

Carmen blew her nose and grabbed another tissue.

His nose was bleeding profusely.

Rob was holding a bloody cloth over his nose.

You can also improve your personal hygiene by stopping any nasty habits like biting your nails or picking your nose.

A running or sticky nose or eyes, a dull coat and/or lethargy are signs of ill health and need veterinary advice.

A runny nose = cold or allergies - see a vet.

The throat was 11 " as was the maximum vertical clearance between the table and the spindle nose.

In very severe cases, skin from the leg can be transplanted into the nose to stop frequent nosebleeds.

Milka, a black-spotted, broad-haunched bitch with prominent black eyes, got up on seeing her master, stretched her hind legs, lay down like a hare, and then suddenly jumped up and licked him right on his nose and mustache.

I could hear a sob and he blew his nose.

She walked down the alley, nose wrinkling at the scents of trash and stagnant water.

He squeezed the upper part of his nose between thumb and index fingers, blinking his eyes to stop the burning.

The antiseptic pine-laced air from the hallway made her nose wrinkle.

He dropped to his knees and wiped messily at the snot streaming from his nose and the tears frozen to his cheeks.

She pulled the collar up to her nose and inhaled deeply.

He held out his hand for the dog to sniff, but Nikolai nuzzled his nose into it instead.

He nuzzled her neck with his nose, "You realize you set the bar pretty high for next year."

She nuzzled her nose into his hand.

Lori wrinkled her nose at Josh.

The scent of charred flesh and metal still lingered, and Lana covered her mouth and nose with her hand as she started forward again.

She swung out and at the precise moment, let go, holding her nose and plunging into the water feet first.

She plucked a tissue from the box on the counter and blew her nose.

She leaned toward him and wrinkled her nose.

Sam was a tall redhead with large blue eyes and a sprinkle of freckles over an upturned nose.

I'm supposed to be hiring someone to help me with the work, not wipe my nose.

That was when she jabbed him in the nose as hard as she could with her free hand.

He yelped and grabbed his nose with both hands.