Word Definition

Nose

  1. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
  2. A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.
  3. To smell; to sniff; to scent.
  4. The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.
  5. To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
  6. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
  7. To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
  8. The power of smelling; hence, scent.