nose

nose¹ W2S2 [nəuz US nouz] n

↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye

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1¦(on your face)¦

2 (right) under somebody's nose

3 stick/poke your nose into something

4 keep your nose out (of something)

5 turn your nose up (at something)

6 with your nose in the air

7 have a (good) nose for something

8 get (right) up somebody's nose

9 keep your nose clean

10 on the nose

11 keep your nose to the grindstone

12 have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper

13 by a nose

14 have a nose around

15 put somebody's nose out of joint

16 nose to tail

17¦(plane)¦

18¦(smell)¦

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[: Old English; Origin: nosu]

1.) ¦(ON YOUR FACE)¦

the part of a person's or animal's face used for smelling or breathing

→↑nasal, nostril ↑nostril

▪ He's got a really big nose .

▪ He took out a tissue and blew his nose .

▪ Stop picking your nose !

▪ Someone punched him on the nose .

▪ He broke his nose playing football.

▪ Rachel had a sore throat and runny nose all day yesterday.

▪ Tina wrinkled her nose as if she was smelling bad meat.

2.) (right) under sb's nose

a) if something bad or illegal happens under someone's nose, they do not notice it even though it is happening very close to them and they should have noticed it

▪ The drugs were smuggled in right under the noses of the security guards.

b) if something is right under someone's nose, they cannot see it even though it is very close to them

▪ The key was right under my nose all the time.

3.) stick/poke your nose into sth

to become involved in something that does not concern you, in a way that annoys people

→↑nosy

▪ She always has to stick her nose into matters that do not concern her.

4.) keep your nose out (of sth)

spoken to avoid becoming involved in something that does not concern you

▪ I wish he'd keep his nose out of my business!

5.) turn your nose up (at sth) informal to refuse to accept something because you do not think it is good enough for you

▪ My children turn their noses up at home cooking.

6.) with your nose in the air

behaving as if you are more important than other people and not talking to them

▪ She just walked past with her nose in the air.

7.) have a (good) nose for sth

to be naturally good at finding and recognizing something

▪ a reporter with a good nose for a story

8.) get (right) up sb's nose

BrE spoken to annoy someone very much

▪ I wish he wouldn't keep interrupting. It really gets up my nose.

9.) keep your nose clean

spoken to make sure you do not get into trouble, or do anything wrong or illegal

▪ Sid's got to keep his nose clean or he'll end up back in prison.

10.) on the nose

AmE spoken exactly

▪ He gets up at 6 a.m. on the nose every morning.

11.) keep your nose to the grindstone informal

to work very hard, without stopping to rest

▪ Jim had decided he was going to keep his nose to the grindstone.

12.) have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper

to be reading a book etc, especially with a lot of interest

▪ She always had her nose in a book.

13.) by a nose

if a horse wins a race by a nose, it only just wins

14.) have a nose around

BrE spoken to look around a place in order to try to find something, when there is no one else there

15.) put sb's nose out of joint informal

to annoy someone, especially by attracting everyone's attention away from them

▪ His nose has been a bit out of joint ever since Marion got here.

16.) nose to tail

especially BrE cars, buses etc that are nose to tail are in a line without much space between them

▪ Traffic was nose to tail for three miles.

17.) ¦(PLANE)¦

the pointed front end of a plane, ↑rocket etc

18.) ¦(SMELL)¦ [singular]

the smell of a wine or tobacco

= ↑bouquet

→↑hard-nosed, ↑brown-nose,cut off your nose to spite your face at cut OFF(10), ↑nose job,lead sb by the nose at ↑lead¹ (16), look down your nose at sb/sth at ↑look¹ (8), pay through the nose at ↑pay¹ (16), as plain as the nose on your face at ↑plain¹ (1), poke your nose into sth at ↑poke¹ (7), powder your nose at ↑powder² (2), rub sb's nose in it/in the dirt at ↑rub¹ (9), thumb your nose at sb/sth at ↑thumb² (2)

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

big/long nose

hooked nose/Roman nose (=a nose that curves out near the top)

snub nose (=a small nose that curves up at the end)

blow your nose (=clear your nose by blowing strongly into a piece of cloth)

wipe your nose

pick your nose (=remove dirt from your nose with your finger)

punch somebody on the nose

break your nose

your nose is running (=liquid is coming out of your nose)

runny nose (=when liquid is coming out of your nose)

blocked nose (=you cannot breathe easily through your nose)

wrinkle your nose

the bridge of your nose (=the upper part, between your eyes)

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nose ²

nose² v

[>always + adv/prep I, T]

if a vehicle, boat etc noses forward, or if you nose it forward, it moves forward slowly

= ↑edge nose its way along/through etc sth

▪ The bus nosed its way along the street.

▪ She carefully nosed the car forward through the traffic.

nose around () [nose around (sth)] phr v

to look around a place in order to try to find something, when there is no one else there

▪ What were you doing nosing around in my office?

nose into [nose into sth] phr v

to try to find out private information about someone or something, especially in a way that is annoying

nose out [nose sth<=>out] phr v

1.) to discover some information that someone else does not want you to discover

▪ The media always manage to nose out some interesting facts about a politician's past life.

2.) to defeat someone by a very small amount in a race, competition etc