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nose
     1. n. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
           She has a cold in the nose.
     2. n. A snout, the nose of an animal.
     3. n. The tip of an object.
           the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
     4. n. (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.
           Red Rum only won by a nose.
     5. n. A perfumer.
     6. n. The power of smelling.
     7. n. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
     8. n. The skill in recognising bouquet.
           It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.
     9. n. (by extension) Skill at finding information.
           A successful reporter has a nose for news.
     10. v. (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
           The ship nosed through the minefield.
     11. v. (intransitive) To snoop.
           She was nosing around other people’s business.
     12. v. To detect by smell or as if by smell.
     13. v. To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
     14. v. To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
     15. v. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
           to nose a prayer
     16. v. To furnish with a nose.
           to nose a stair tread
     17. v. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
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     1. n-c. nose of a human or other primate

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You pay through the nose for it.
Oh nose at the end of my face, you are such a beautiful thing so round, so shiny, so nose like.
Oh nose at the end of my face, you are such a beautiful thing so round, so shiny, so nose like.
When he arrived he was a bit dazed and had a bloody nose, but now he is running around his cage with his brother.
It almost nipped off her poor nose.



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