English Dictionary

nose

/nəʊz/

verb

(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.

She noses through the pile of clothes, searching for her favorite shirt.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.

The ship nosed through the minefield.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To snoop.

She was nosing around other people’s business.

意味（3）

(transitive) 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.

意味（4）

(transitive) 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: […]

意味（5）

(transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.

意味（6）

(transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.

to nose a prayer

意味（7）

(transitive) To furnish with a nose.

to nose a stair tread

意味（8）

(transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.