Meaning

10 senses
  1. (intransitive)To move cautiously by advancing its front end.

    The ship nosed through the minefield.

    осторожно дви́гатьсяdvígatʹsja, кра́стьсяkrástʹsja

  2. (also, ambitransitive, idiomatic, intransitive)To snoop.

    She was nosing around other people’s business.

    schnüffeln

    сова́ть нос в чужи́е дела́sovátʹ nos v čužíje delá, вынюхиватьvynjuxivatʹ

  3. (transitive)To detect by smell or as if by smell.

    чу́ятьčújatʹ, слы́шать запахslýšatʹ zapax

  4. (transitive)To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

    толка́ть носомtolkátʹ nosom

    push or move with the nose

  5. (transitive)To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.

    defeat by a narrow margin

  6. (transitive)To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.

    to nose a prayer

  7. (transitive)To furnish with a nose.

    to nose a stair tread

  8. (transitive)To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

  9. (intransitive)To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive

  10. (intransitive)To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.

    The plane is nosing up!

    We have to get it nosing down.

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

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
to move cautiously:
to snoop:
to detect:
to push with the nose:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to snoop:

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

noses, nosing, nosed, nosed
Base formnose · to nose
3rd person singularnoses
Present participlenosing
Past simplenosed
Past participlenosed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynose
he, she, itnoses

Past simpleLesson

all personsnosed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nosed
he, she, ithas nosed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nose

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 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
nose — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto