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noun

ˈnōz How to pronounce nose (audio)
Definition of nosenext
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as in snout
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity with that nose, the baby sure looks like his father

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2
as in tip
the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow bent the wire around the nose of the pliers

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nose

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verb

1
as in to sniff
to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose could nose the garbage from across the street

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2
as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern a neighbor who likes to nose around in everyone else's business

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3
as in to drag
to move slowly the line to get tickets is just nosing, so we are going to be here for a while

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Recent Examples of nose
Noun
The child was found unconscious and unresponsive with blood around her mouth and nose inside the residence on 110th Street in the South Richmond Hill neighborhood, police said. — Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 One sits on the nose bridge, next to the angular artery, and picks up pulse, blinking, and eyebrow movement. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
But the thoroughbred colt nosed his way into the action down the stretch, and suddenly Golden Tempo and jockey Jose Ortiz were streaking past the field, favorites in the rear view. — Emily Ohman, New York Times, 3 May 2026 The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, nosed over $100 per barrel, marking a 35% increase from prewar levels, but stock markets still appear to be shrugging it off. — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nose
  1. snout
  2. tip
  3. sniff
  4. interfere
  5. drag
  6. end
  7. smell
  8. mess
Noun
  • This animal, with its long anteater snout and small ears, starred in Arthur's Nose, published in 1976.
    — Ashley Montgomery, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The Gaboon viper, which has two hornlike projections on its snout, feeds mainly on rodents and ground-dwelling birds.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of snout
Noun
  • In December 2025, the CFPB under Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought withdrew the proposal, ruling that fees and voluntary tips were not finance charges.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The book celebrates the family's Southern, Sicilian and Cajun roots with recipes, entertaining tips and treasured traditions designed to bring loved ones together.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of tip
Verb
  • The buck walked up to the dripper, sniffed it for a moment, and moved on.
    — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Sid is smart enough to sniff this out, and the show seizes the opportunity to raise the romantic stakes through an adorably British expression of mutual libidinousness.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of sniff
Verb
  • The automakers also object to the government interfering in parts of the design that don’t improve the safety of the vehicle, saying a radio is different from seat belts and airbags.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The Vatican typically allows criminal investigations to play out before initiating canonical trials so as not to interfere, and that is especially so now in Australia, after the church's wretched legacy there of abuse and cover-up.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of interfere
Verb
  • Dozens of locations in the central and southern US will soar to record high temperatures on Tuesday, but the incoming front will drag those highs down by more than 30 degrees in many locales by Friday or Saturday.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
  • As the comet rotates, fresh ice enters the sunlight and sublimates; the escaping gas then drags entrained dust particles away from the nucleus.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of drag
Noun
  • The final scene was shot on Marina Beach at the end of a rough day, in a window of just a few hours.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The vestiges of his fading memory flash by with a haunting plainness, the melancholy of all this Americana and the sadness of a mind ravaged by time strike the viewer plainly at the end of this maximalist piece of life-writing.
    — Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of end
Verb
  • At some point, even Pelley and Chayka are going to have to wake up and smell the coffee.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The district attorney’s office said the child was reported to smell like cat urine and appeared seriously underweight and pale.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of smell
Verb
  • That book really messed me up in the sense of nothing is promised.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Had a couple calls in here that messed it up a little bit, but that’s the game.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026
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“Nose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nose. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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