Meaning

13 senses
  1. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.

    She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.

    Nase, Nase

    носnos

    нісnis

  2. A snout, the nose of an animal.

    Schnauze, Rüssel

    нос, ры́лоrýlo, пятачо́кpjatačók

  3. The tip of an object.

    the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane

    Nase

    носnos, но́сикnósik, носова́я частьnosovája častʹ

  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.

    Red Rum only won by a nose.

    Nasenlänge

  6. A perfumer.

  7. The sense of smell.

    the sense of smell (especially in animals)

  8. (idiomatic)Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.

  9. The skill in recognising bouquet.

    It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.

    Nase

    нюхnjux, чутьёčutʹjó

    a natural skill

  10. (broadly)Skill at finding information.

    A successful tabloid reporter has a nose for gossip.

    нюхnjux, чутьёčutʹjó

  11. (also, idiomatic)The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop

    They had a nose around the abandoned property.

  12. A downward projection from a cornice.

Examples

874 sentences
  1. I can't breathe through my nose.

    Я не можу дихати через ніс. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ не могу дышать через нос. — katjka

    deIch kann nicht durch die Nase atmen. — Sudajaengi

  2. Does Tom have a big nose?

    У Тома великий ніс? — deniko

  3. Don't stick your nose into my personal affairs.

    Не совай носа в мої справи. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruНе суй свой нос в мои личные дела. — odexed

    deSteck deine Nase nicht in meine Angelegenheiten. — samueldora

  4. If her nose were a little shorter, she would be quite pretty.

    Аби її ніс був трохи коротшим, вона була б досить симпатичною. — ChickenKiev

    ruЕсли бы её нос был чуть короче, она была бы вполне симпатичной. — las

  5. Your nose is running.

    У тебе тече з носа. — deniko

    ruУ тебя из носа течёт. — marafon

    deDeine Nase läuft. — SeeVogel

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
protuberance on the face:
Русский
By meaning 4
protuberance on the face:
snout, nose of an animal:
tip of an object:
skill in recognising bouquet:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
protuberance on the face:
snout, nose of an animal:
length of a horse’s nose:

Origin

From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant o

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”).

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Forms

plural: noses
Singularnose
Pluralnoses

regular

Synonyms

27 synonyms
the bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle:tab
Close in meaning
  • the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals:olfactory organ
  • a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged:nozzle

Word family

166 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • blew his nose
  • a bloody nose
  • nose was bleeding
  • my nose is
  • nose against the
  • bloody nose
  • got his nose
  • nose against

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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