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Nose: Meanings, Examples, and Common Usage (3 meaning)

Meaning 1：smelling organ (nose)

nose 🔊

/noʊz/

n., v.

The part on your face you use to smell and breathe.

Close-up of a nose smelling a daisy flower

smelling organ 🔊

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/ˈsmelɪŋ ˈɔːrɡən/

n., v.

The projection on the face that contains nostrils and is used for breathing and smelling.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old English 'nosu', akin to Latin 'nasus' (nose).

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine your nose as the 'nozzle' of your face, both start with 'no' and involve airflow.

📖 Example

The wonderful smell of pizza cooking in the kitchen made her nose twitch with excitement. 🔊 The wonderful smell of pizza cooking in the kitchen made her nose twitch with excitement.

🔗 Collocations

runny nose – A nose that produces excess mucus, often due to a cold or allergies.

nose job – Surgical procedure to reshape or alter the nose for cosmetic or medical reasons.

nosebleed – Bleeding from the inside of the nose, often caused by dry air or injury.

🔄 Synonyms

snout (n.) – The projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal.

beak (n.) – A bird's horny projecting mouth parts, used for eating and preening.

proboscis (n.) – A long, flexible snout or trunk, as of an elephant or certain insects.

🌱 Derivatives

nasal (adj.) – Relating to the nose.

nosy (adj.) – Inquisitive or prying into others' affairs.

nosey (adj.) – Alternative spelling of nosy.

📖 Cultural Story

The word 'nose' derives from Proto-Germanic *nusō. In English idioms, 'nose' appears in expressions like 'pay through the nose' (possibly from Danish tax) and 'on the nose' (exact).

Meaning 2：snoop (nose)

nose 🔊

/noʊz/

n., v.

To search for or find something carefully, like an animal using its nose to sniff.

snoop 🔊

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/snuːp/

n., v.

To pry or search for information secretly or carefully.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The journalist managed to nose out a fascinating story about the history of the old city park. 🔊 The journalist managed to nose out a fascinating story about the history of the old city park.

🔗 Collocations

nose around – To look around a place secretly or inquisitively.

nose out – To discover or uncover something through persistent searching.

nose into – To meddle or interfere in someone else's business.

🔄 Synonyms

snoop (v.) – To investigate or look around furtively.

pry (v.) – To inquire impertinently into private matters.

probe (v.) – To explore or examine thoroughly, often in a methodical way.

🚫 Antonyms

ignore (v.) – To refuse to take notice of something.

overlook (v.) – To fail to notice or deliberately disregard.

🌱 Derivatives

nosy (adj.) – Inquisitive in a way that invades privacy.

Meaning 3：ease forward (nose)

nose 🔊

/noʊz/

n., v.

To move something forward slowly and carefully, especially the front part of a vehicle or ship.

Ferry boat bow easing forward towards pier

ease forward 🔊

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/iːz ˈfɔːrwərd/

n., v.

To move the front part of something slowly and cautiously into a position.

📁 Category：Transportation & Travel 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The captain carefully nosed the huge ship into the narrow dock, with only centimeters to spare on each side. 🔊 The captain carefully nosed the huge ship into the narrow dock, with only centimeters to spare on each side.

🔗 Collocations

nose into – To carefully guide the front of a vehicle into a tight space.

nose forward – To move ahead cautiously, especially in traffic.

nose through – To navigate slowly through a narrow passage or crowd.

🔄 Synonyms

edge (v.) – To move gradually or cautiously.

inch (v.) – To move very slowly or by small degrees.

maneuver (v.) – To move skillfully or carefully into a desired position.

🚫 Antonyms

back away (v.) – To move backwards in fear or caution.

retreat (v.) – To withdraw from a position or situation.