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nose::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nozzle |
| Type of | spout |
| Has types | showerhead |
nose::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | front |
the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount |
my horse lost the race by a nose.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | overcome, get the better of, defeat |
Examples of nose
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He certainly doesn't see nose-to-the-grindstone methods as absolutely necessary.
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Current sampling methods using the mouth and nose are only 40 percent effective.
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The wine has a big, sweet nose of strawberries, plums, cranberries, and flowers.
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Santo Loquasto's quick-change set is on the nose, as are Laura Bauer's costumes.
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That new reality was as plain as the nose on his face, which became more narrow.
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Brown first wore a small bandage on his nose at a public appearance on April 21.
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They mostly consisted of standard nose jobs, liposuction and cosmetic dentistry.
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Indiana State second baseman Jeff Miera might play today, despite a broken nose.
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Bailey had a cut on the bridge of her nose after the game but said she was fine.
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- 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"
- Intrude: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"
- A front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"
- Advance the forward part of with caution; "She nosed the car into the left lane"
- Scent: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
- The front or forward projection of a tool or weapon; "he ducked under the nose of the gun"
- Physically a nose is an organ on the face. 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. Behind the nose is the olfactory mucosa and the sinuses. ...
- Nou0161e (pronouncedu00A0) is a small settlement near Brezje in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
- In horse racing, a nose (known as a short head in Europe) is the smallest possible advantage by which a participant can win.
