nose

Meaning

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. (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
9. The skill in recognising bouquet.
10. (broadly) Skill at finding information.
11. (also, idiomatic) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
12. A downward projection from a cornice.
13. (slang) An informer.

Verb

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

Synonyms

snout

beak

nostril

smell

👃

bill

point

nozzle

ear

👂

pry

scent

sense of smell

tongue

👅

snoot

poke

olfactory organ

wind

intrude

head

face

horn in

eye

👁️

skin

corner

olfaction

bow

🙇

snuff

organ of smell

nuzzle

peak

hooter

sniff

namely

twang

end

🔚

bridge of nose

prow

nares

nib

nostrils

snuffle

sound

🔉

spout

spur

tappet

tip

toe

trunk

under one’s nose

vertex

blow one’s nose

Translations

nez

👃

nariz

👃

Nase

👃

naso

👃

neus

👃

nariz

👃

μύτη

burun

👃

nas

👃

nasus

👃

muso

poz

👃

أنف

👃

morro

Pronounced as (IPA)

[nəʊ̯z]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nose

Inherited from Old English: nosu

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Noose

Cognate with Western Frisian: noas

Cognate with Dutch: neus

Cognate with Swedish: nos

Cognate with Norwegian: nos

Cognate with German: Nase

Cognate with Swedish: näsa

Cognate with Norwegian: nese

Cognate with Danish: næse

Cognate with Latin: nāris

Cognate with Lithuanian: nósis

Cognate with Russian: нос

Cognate with Sanskrit: नासा

In summary

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”), Low German Nääs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”).

Sentences

How would you like a punch in the nose ?