nose

Significat (anglès)

Noun

1. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
2. A snout, the nose of an animal.
3. The tip of an object.
4. The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
5. 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.
6. A perfumer.
7. The sense of smell.
8. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
9. The skill in recognising bouquet.
10. Skill at finding information.
11. A downward projection from a cornice.
12. (slang) An informer.

Verb

1. To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
2. To snoop.
3. To detect by smell or as if by smell.
4. To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
5. To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
6. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
7. To furnish with a nose.
8. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
9. To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
10. To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[nəʊ̯z]

Etimologia (anglès)

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”).
See also Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), German Low German Nees, Nes, Näs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”).