nose

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

2. isim A snout, the nose of an animal.
3. isim The tip of an object.

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

4. isim The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
5. isim 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.”

6. isim A perfumer.

   “Jacques Polge, Chanel's top “nose” since 1978, made the decision when developers started trying to buy up land around Grasse, where the Muls cultivate three hectares of the precious plant.”

7. isim The sense of smell.

   “We are not offended with […] a dog for a better nose than his master.”

8. isim Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
9. isim The skill in recognising bouquet.

   “It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.”

10. isim Skill at finding information.

    “A successful tabloid reporter has a nose for gossip.”

11. isim The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop

    “They had a nose around the abandoned property.”

12. isim A downward projection from a cornice.
13. isim An informer.

    “[…] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; […]”

14. fiil To move cautiously by advancing its front end.

    “The ship nosed through the minefield.”

15. fiil To snoop.

    “She was nosing around other people’s business.”

16. fiil To detect by smell or as if by smell.

    “[…] if you finde him not this moneth, you ſhall noſe him as you go vp the ſtaires into the Lobby.”

17. fiil To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

    “[L]ambs are glad / Nosing the mother's udder, and the bird / Makes his heart voice among the blaze of flowers: […]”

18. fiil To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
19. fiil To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.

    “to nose a prayer”

20. fiil To furnish with a nose.

    “to nose a stair tread”

21. fiil To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
22. fiil To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
23. fiil To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.

    “The plane is nosing up!”