NOSED Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

nosed

verb

Definition of nosed next

past tense of nose

as in sniffed

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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as in interfered

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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as in dragged

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 nosed 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 scents were nosed by Lyn Harris and developed via Robertet, and the bottles — inspired by 19th century Chinese snuff bottles — feature porcelain caps designed by Jonathan Yamakami. —

James Manso, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026 When Mochi nosed the one with truffles, Pera gave him a treat. —

Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nosed

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Verb

Technically, that wasn’t the very last image — the wormhole sucked up the whole theater, spit out a snow globe, and Benny, Colbert’s pet dog, sniffed the souvenir before being ushered onward by his owner — but when the lights went out on Broadway, that was that.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
On Monday, police officers were taking photos of the scene as a police dog sniffed the front yard of the home where Elijah Mayo died.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026