1. Having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind

1. Search or inquire in a meddlesome way
   "This guy is always nosing around the office"
   - intrude, horn in, pry, poke 
2. Advance the forward part of with caution
   "She nosed the car into the left lane" 
3. Catch the scent of; get wind of
   "The dog nosed out the drugs"
   - scent, wind[2] 
4. Push or move with the nose 
5. Rub noses
   - nuzzle 
6. Defeat by a narrow margin

See also: hook-nosed, nose out, pug-nose, pug-nosed, sharp-nosed, short-nosed, snub-nosed, tube-nosed

Type of: advance, bring forward, caress, defeat, fondle, force, get the better of, look, overcome, push, search, smell

Antonym: noseless

Encyclopedia: Nose Nose, Osaka

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