Dictionary Definition
nose
Noun
1 the organ of smell and entrance to the
respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other
mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" [syn: olfactory
organ]
2 a front that resembles a human nose (especially
the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on
reentry"
3 the front or forward projection of a tool or
weapon; "he ducked under the nose of the gun"
4 a small distance; "my horse lost the race by a
nose"
5 the sense of smell (especially in animals);
"the hound has a good nose"
6 a natural skill; "he has a nose for good
deals"
7 a projecting spout from which a fluid is
discharged [syn: nozzle]
Verb
1 search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This
guy is always nosing around the office" [syn: pry, poke]
2 advance the forward part of with caution; "She
nosed the car into the left lane"
4 push or move with the nose
5 rub noses [syn: nuzzle]
6 defeat by a narrow margin
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From etyl ang nosuNoun
- The organ of the face used to smell things.
- A snout, the nose of an animal
- The tip of an object (e.g. the nose of a fighter plane).
- 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.
- Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The skill in
recognising bouquet.
- It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.
- In the context of "by extension": Skill at finding information.
- A successful reporter has a nose for news.
Translations
The organ of the face used to smell things
- Ainu: エツ゜ (’etu)
- Arabic:
- Catalan: nas ^
- Chinese: 鼻子 (bízi)
- Czech: nos
- Danish: næse (human), snude (animals)
- Dutch: neus
- Esperanto: nazo
- Finnish: nenä
- French: nez
- Galician: nariz
- Georgian: ცხვირი
- German: Nase
- Greek, Ancient: ῥίς (rhis)
- Greek, Modern: μύτη (míti)
- Hebrew: ,
- Hungarian: orr
- Italian: naso
- Japanese: 鼻 (はな, haná)
- Korean: 코 (ko)
- Kurdish:
- Latin: nasus
- Latvian: deguns
- Lower Sorbian: nos
- Malay: hidung
- Malayalam: മൂക്ക് (mookku)
- Maltese: mnieħer
- Occitan: nas
- Persian: (bini), (damâgh)
- Polish: nos
- Portuguese: nariz
- Russian: нос (nos)
- Slovene: nos
- Spanish: nariz
- Swahili: pua (nc 9/10)
- Swedish: näsa (human)
- Tagalog: ilong
- Telugu: ముక్కు (mukku)
- Upper Sorbian: nós
snout, nose of an animal
- Greek: μουσούδι (musúdi)
- Persian: (puze)
- Portuguese: focinho, focinhos
The tip of an object
The length of a horse’s nose
- Dutch: neuslengte
- Finnish: turvanmitta
- German: Nasenlänge
- Hungarian: orrhossz
- Swedish: noslängd
the skill in recognising bouquet
- Greek: μύτη (míti), όσφρηση (ósphrisi)
- Persian: (tavân-e buyâyi), (šâmme)
- ttbc Albanian: hundë
- ttbc Arabic: (’anf)
- ttbc Bosnian: nos
- ttbc Breton: fri , frioù p
- ttbc Bulgarian: нос (nos)
- ttbc Chinese: 鼻子 (bízi)
- ttbc Croatian: nos
- ttbc Dyirbal: guwu
- ttbc Fijian: ucu
- ttbc Guarani: tĩ, apyngua
- ttbc Gujarati: નાક (nāk)
- ttbc Hawaiian: ihu
- ttbc Hindi: नाक (nāk)
- ttbc Igbo: imi
- ttbc Ilocano: agong
- ttbc Indonesian: hidung
- ttbc Interlingua: naso
- ttbc Korean: 코 (ko)
- ttbc Maori: ihu
- ttbc Norwegian: nese
- ttbc Old English: nosu
- ttbc Pitjantjatjara: mulya
- ttbc Powhatan: meskiwan, keskiwan (your n.), nethkeon (my n.)
- ttbc Rohingya: nak
- ttbc Romanian: nas
- ttbc Romany: nak
- ttbc Sardinian: nasu
- ttbc Serbian
Derived terms
See also
Verb
- To move cautiously.
- 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
- To win by a narrow margin.
Derived terms
Translations
To move cautiously
- Danish: liste
- Finnish: liikkua varovaisesti
To snoop
- ttbc Swedish: lägga sig i, lägga näsan i blöt, snoka
to detect
to push with the nose
to nuzzle
to win by a narrow margin
Old English
Pronunciation
/ˈnoze/Noun form
noseExtensive Definition
Anatomically, a nose is a protuberance in
vertebrates that
houses the nostrils, or
nares, which admit and expel air for respiration
in conjunction with the mouth.
In most animals, it also has the nosehairs, which catch airkyle
particles and prevent them from reaching the lungs. Within and
behind the nose is the olfactory
mucosa and the sinuses.
Behind the nasal
cavity, air next passes through the pharynx, shared with the
digestive system, and then into the rest of the respiratory
system. In humans, the nose is located centrally on the face;
on most other mammals, it
is on the upper tip of the snout.
As an interface between the body and the external
world, the nose and associated structures frequently perform
additional functions concerned with conditioning entering air (for
instance, by warming and/or humidifying it, also for flicking if
moving and by mostly reclaiming moisture from the air before it is
exhaled (as occurs most efficiently in camels). In most fish, the nose is
the primary large organ for smelling. As the animal
sniffs, the air flows through the nose and over structures called
turbinates in the
nasal cavity. The turbulence caused by this disruption slows the
air and directs it toward the olfactory
epithelium. At the surface of the olfactory epithelium,
odor molecules carried by
the air contact olfactory
receptor neurons which transduce the features of the molecule
into non painful electrical impulses in the brain.
In cetaceans, the nose has been
reduced to the nostrils, which have migrated to the top of the
head, producing a more streamlined body shape and the ability to
breathe while mostly submerged. Conversely, the elephant's nose has become
elaborated into a long, muscular, manipulative organ called the
trunk.
See also
- Rhinarium — the wet, naked surface around the nostrils in most mammals, absent in haplorrhine primates such as humans
- Human nose
- Nasal bridge
- Nose-picking
nose in Arabic: أنف
nose in Aragonese: Naso
nose in Aymara: Nasa
nose in Bosnian: Nos
nose in Breton: Fri
nose in Bulgarian: Нос (анатомия)
nose in Catalan: Nas
nose in Czech: Nos
nose in Welsh: Trwyn
nose in Danish: Næse
nose in German: Nase
nose in Dhivehi: ނޭފަތް
nose in Estonian: Nina
nose in Modern Greek (1453-): Μύτη
nose in Spanish: Nariz
nose in Esperanto: Nazo
nose in Basque: Sudur
nose in Persian: بینی
nose in French: Nez
nose in Scottish Gaelic: Sròn
nose in Korean: 코
nose in Croatian: Nos
nose in Ido: Nazo
nose in Indonesian: Hidung
nose in Inuktitut: ᕿᖓᖅ/qingaq
nose in Icelandic: Nef
nose in Italian: Naso
nose in Hebrew: אף
nose in Swahili (macrolanguage): pua
nose in Pampanga: Arung
nose in Kurdish: Poz
nose in Latin: Nasus
nose in Lithuanian: Nosis
nose in Lojban: nazbi
nose in Hungarian: Orr
nose in Macedonian: Нос
nose in Malayalam: മൂക്ക്
nose in Malay (macrolanguage): Hidung
nose in Dutch: Neus
nose in Japanese: 鼻
nose in Kölsch: Nahß
nose in Norwegian: Nese
nose in Occitan (post 1500): Nas
nose in Pangasinan: Eleng
nose in Polish: Nos
nose in Portuguese: Nariz
nose in Romanian: Nas
nose in Quechua: Sinqa
nose in Russian: Нос
nose in Albanian: Hunda
nose in Sicilian: Nasu (anatumìa)
nose in Simple English: Nose
nose in Slovak: Nos
nose in Slovenian: Nos
nose in Finnish: Nenä
nose in Swedish: Näsa
nose in Tagalog: Ilong
nose in Thai: จมูก
nose in Tajik: Бинӣ
nose in Turkish: Burun (organ)
nose in Ukrainian: Ніс
nose in Võro: Nõna
nose in Yiddish: נאז
nose in Contenese: 鼻
nose in Dimli: Pırnıke
nose in Chinese: 鼻
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Adamite, Paul Pry, Paul-Pry,
antlia, aptness, beak, beezer, being, bent, bib nozzle, bill, body, bow, bowsprit, breathe, breathe in, bugle, bump, busybody, butt-in, caress, cat, chap, character, conk, creature, customer, duck, earthling, faculty, feel up, fellow, figurehead, flair, follow, follow a clue, follow up,
fondle, fool with,
forecastle, foredeck, forepeak, genius, groundling, guy, hand, head, homo, human, human being, hunt down,
individual, inhale, intermeddle, jib boom,
joker, kibitz, kibitzer, knack, knead, life, living soul, man, massage, meddle, meddle with, meddler, mess with, monkey with,
mortal, mouse, muffle, muzzle, nares, neb, nib, nose out, nostrils, nozzle, nuzzle, olfactories, olfactory area,
olfactory cell, olfactory nerves, olfactory organ, olfactory pit,
one, party, pecker, peek, peep, person, personage, personality, pet, poke, pragmatist, pressure nozzle,
prier, proboscis, prore, prow, pry, quidnunc, rhinarium, rose, rosehead, rostrum, rub, rub against, rub noses,
rubberneck, run down,
run to earth, scent,
schnozzle, shadow, shower head, single, smell, smell of, smell out,
smeller, sniff, sniff out, snitch, snook, snoop, snoot, snout, snuff, snuffle, somebody, someone, soul, spray nozzle, sprinkler head,
spy, stalk, stem, stroke, tail, talent, tamper with, tellurian, terran, trace, trace down, track, track down, trail, trunk, whiff, worldling