nose

nose
[nəuz] 1. noun
1) (the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe: She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose.) nas
2) (the sense of smell: Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails.) miros
3) (the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position: the nose of an aeroplane.) bot
2. verb
1) (to make a way by pushing carefully forward: The ship nosed (its way) through the ice.) a-şi croi drum cu grijă
2) (to look or search as if by smelling: He nosed about (in) the cupboard.) a adulmeca
- nosey
- nosy
- nosily
- nosiness
- nose-bag
- nosedive
- nose job
3. verb
(to make such a dive: Suddenly the plane nosedived.)
- lead by the nose
- nose out
- pay through the nose
- turn up one's nose at
- under a person's very nose
- under very nose
- under a person's nose
- under nose

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