Definition of Nose

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Definition of Nose

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

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

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
Voltaire

The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.
P. J. O'Rourke

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
Woody Allen

I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain.
Mike Tyson

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.
Josh Billings

Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years.
Conan O'Brien

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

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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