noun | verb
nosenose1 /noʊz/ ●●● S1 W2 noun 1
ON YOUR FACE [countable] the part of a person’s or animal’s face used for smelling or breathing: He broke his nose playing football. the guy with the big nose Here’s a Kleenex – blow your nose (=clear it by blowing). Robin has a sore throat and a runny nose (=liquid is coming out of her nose because she has a cold). Davey, don’t pick your nose (=clean it with your finger)! Her eyes were red and her nose was running (=liquid was coming out of it).2(right) under somebody’s nose so close to someone that he or she should notice something, but does not: The drugs were smuggled in under the noses of customs officers.3stick/poke your nose into something to show too much interest in private matters that do not concern you: No one wants the government sticking its nose into the personal business of citizens. → see also nosy4turn your nose up (at something) informal to refuse to accept something because you do not think it is good enough for you: He turns his nose up at television.5on the nose informal exactly SYN precisely: He arrived at 6 on the nose.6have your nose in a book informal to be reading: Celia always has her nose in a book.7keep your nose to the grindstone informal to work very hard, without stopping to rest8by a nose if someone wins something by a nose, he or she wins by only a very small amount9put somebody’s nose out of joint informal to annoy someone, especially by attracting everyone’s attention away from him or her10AIRPLANE [countable] the pointed front end of an airplane, rocket, etc.11have a (good) nose a)to be naturally good at finding and recognizing something: nose for Some people have a nose for news. b)to be good at recognizing smells: Our dog has a very good nose.12keep your nose clean informal to make sure you do not get into trouble or do anything wrong or illegal13keep your nose out (of something) spoken to stop showing too much interest in private matters that do not concern you: Keep your nose out of my business!14with your nose in the air behaving as if you are more important than other people and not talking to them: She just walked past with her nose in the air.[Origin: Old English nosu] → see also brown-nose, cut off your nose to spite your face at cut off (10), follow your nose at follow (18), hard-nosed, look down your nose at somebody/something at look1 (21), nose job, pay through the nose (for something) at pay1 (14), powder your nose at powder2 (2), thumb your nose at somebody/something at thumb2 (1) noun | verb
nosenose2 verb [intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive always + adv./prep.] if a vehicle, boat, etc. noses forward, or if you nose it forward, it moves forward slowly: The boat nosed out into the lake.nose around phrasal verb informal to try to find out private information about someone or something: A few reporters were nosing around.