nosenoun [ C ]
uk/nəʊz/us/noʊz/nose noun [ C ] (BODY PART)
A1 the part of the face that sticks out above the mouth, through which you breathe and smell:
specialized food & drink the particular smell of a wine:
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- She took out her handkerchief and blew her nose loudly.
- Menthol can help to clear your nose when you have a cold.
- Her hands were covered in dust and she had a black smudge on her nose.
- She wondered if she should take out her nose stud for the job interview.
- She had plastic surgery on her nose to straighten it.
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The head & face
- -cheeked
- -chinned
- -faced
- chin
- countenance
- dimple
- facial
- facies
- frontalis
- hairline
- mandible
- mug
- nape
- neck
- nucha
- nuchal
- pes anserinus
- splenius
- temple
- temporal
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nose noun [ C ] (VEHICLE)
the front of a vehicle, especially an aircraft:
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Air travel: parts of aeroplanes
- -nosed
- aisle
- autopilot
- barf bag
- canopy
- fixed-wing
- flight recorder
- fuselage
- joystick
- nose cone
- pod
- propeller
- retrorocket
- rudder
- safety belt
- shell
- skid
- spoiler
- starboard
- wing
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Idiom(s)
noseverb
uk/nəʊz/us/noʊz/nose verb (SEARCH)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] informal to look around or search in order to discover something, especially something that other people do not want you to find:
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Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- once-over
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- seek
- shake
- strip search
- trail
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
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nose verb (VEHICLE)
[ I or T, + adv/prep ] to (make a vehicle) move forwards slowly and carefully:
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- hold the road idiom
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- mph
- pull away
- scorch
- turning circle
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