Nose
The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.
The power of smelling; hence, scent.
A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.
To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
To smell; to sniff; to scent.
To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.
To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.
To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the statio;
to beat by (the length of) a nose.
To push or move with the nose or front forward.
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Nose Quotations
There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.
Oscar Wilde
All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
Voltaire
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
Woody Allen
Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
Herbert Spencer
The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
Edgar Allan Poe
My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.
Jonathan Swift
It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites.
Steve Irwin
Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.
John Gay
Nose Translations
nose in Afrikaans is neus
nose in Dutch is neus
nose in French is nez
nose in German is Nase
nose in Italian is fiuto
nose in Norwegian is nese, nese
nose in Portuguese is nariz
nose in Spanish is nariz
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