(intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end. / (intransitive) To snoop. / (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell. / (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. / A snout, the nose of an animal. / The tip of an object.

Direct, confrontational.

Exact; precise; appropriate. / Unimaginative; over-literal; lacking nuance. / (slang, Australia, often figuratively) Smelly, malodorous. / (slang, gambling, of a bet on a horse) To finish first.

(in combination) Having some specific type of nose.

simple past tense and past participle of nose

As much (of a scent etc.) as can be taken into one's nose; a sniff.

plural of noseful

present participle of nose

An animal's pushing or exploration with the nose. / That part of the treadboard of a stair that projects over the riser. / Any similar projection, such as the projecting edge of a moulding.