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English Idioms :: nose
NOSE - See: COUNT HEADS or COUNT NOSES, CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE, FOLLOW ONE'S NOSE, GO INTO A TAIL SPIN or GO INTO A NOSE DIVE, HARD-NOSED, KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN, KEEP ONE'S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE, LEAD BY THE NOSE, LOOK DOWN ONE'S NOSE AT, ON THE NOSE, PAY THROUGH THE NOSE, PUT ONE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT, SEE BEYOND ONE'S NOSE, SKIN OFF ONE'S NOSE, THUMB ONE'S NOSE, TURN UP ONE'S NOSE AT, UNDER ONE'S NOSE.
Traditional English :: nose
NOSE - n. & v.
--n.
    1 an organ above the mouth on the face or head of a human or animal, containing nostrils and used for smelling and breathing.
    2 a the sense of smell (dogs have a good nose). b the ability to detect a particular thing (a nose for scandal).
    3 the odour or perfume of wine, tea, tobacco, hay, etc.
    4 the open end or nozzle of a tube, pipe, pair of bellows, retort, etc.
    5 a the front end or projecting part of a thing, e.g. of a car or aircraft. b = NOSING.
    6 sl. an informer of the police.
--v.
    1 tr. (often foll. by out) a perceive the smell of, discover by smell. b detect.
    2 tr. thrust or rub one's nose against or into, esp. in order to smell.
    3 intr. (usu. foll. by about, around, etc.) pry or search.
    4 a intr. make one's way cautiously forward. b tr. make (one's or its way).
    as plain as the nose on your face easily seen. by a nose by a very narrow margin (won the race by a nose). count noses count those present, one's supporters, etc.; decide a question by mere numbers. cut off one's nose to spite one's face disadvantage oneself in the course of trying to disadvantage another. get up a person's nose sl. annoy a person. keep one's nose clean sl. stay out of trouble, behave properly. keep one's nose to the grindstone see GRINDSTONE . nose-cone the cone-shaped nose of a rocket etc. nose-flute a musical instrument blown with the nose in Fiji etc. nose leaf a fleshy part on the nostrils of some bats, used for echo location. nose-monkey the proboscis monkey. nose-piece 1 = NOSEBAND.
    2 the part of a helmet etc. protecting the nose.
    3 the part of a microscope to which the object-glass is attached. nose-rag sl. a pocket handkerchief. nose-to-tail (of vehicles) moving or stationary one close behind another, esp. in heavy traffic. nose-wheel a landing-wheel under the nose of an aircraft. on the nose 1 US sl. precisely.
    2 Austral. sl. annoying. put a person's nose out of joint colloq. embarrass, disconcert, frustrate, or supplant a person. rub a person's nose in it see RUB. see no further than one's nose be short-sighted, esp. in foreseeing the consequences of one's actions etc. speak through one's nose pronounce words with a nasal twang. turn up one's nose (usu. foll. by at) colloq. show disdain. under a person's nose colloq. right before a person (esp. of defiant or unnoticed actions). with one's nose in the air haughtily.
    nosed adj. (also in comb.). noseless adj. [OE nosu]
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