nose
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Is nose a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (horse racing) 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.Examples: "Red Rum only won by a nose."
2. (perfumery) A perfumer.Examples: "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."
3. (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.idiomatic
4. (by extension) Skill at finding information.Examples: "A successful reporter has a nose for news."broadly
5. (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoopExamples: "They had a nose around the abandoned property."alsoidiomatic
6. (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.Synonyms: drip
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.Examples: "The ship nosed through the minefield."intransitive
2. (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.Examples: "She was nosing around other people’s business."alsoambitransitiveidiomaticintransitive
3. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.Examples: "[…] if you finde him not this moneth, you ſhall noſe him as you go vp the ſtaires into the Lobby."; "Dogs hurried out to nose Edmund[.]"; "Real connoisseurs know that to nose and taste properly you have to add still water to your tulip-shaped glass so that the alcohol doesn't overwhelm you."transitive
4. (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.Examples: "[L]ambs are glad / Nosing the mother's udder, and the bird / Makes his heart voice among the blaze of flowers: […]"transitive
5. (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.transitive
6. (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.Examples: "to nose a prayer"; "It makes far better musick when you nose Sternold's, or Wisdom's meeter."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary