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noses
We have found lemma(root) word of noses : nose.
Definitions
[nəʊz], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal, containing the nostrils and used for breathing and smelling
(e.g: he slowly breathed out the air through his nose)
- the front end of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
(e.g: the plane's nose dipped as it started descending towards the runway)
- an act of looking around or prying
(e.g: she wanted a good nose round the house)
Phrases:
- by a nose
- count noses
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- get one's nose in front
- get up someone's nose
- give someone a bloody nose
- have one's nose in a book
- keep one's nose clean
- keep one's nose out of
- nose to tail
- not see further than the end of one's nose
- on the nose
- put someone's nose out of joint
- speak through one's nose
- turn one's nose up at
- under someone's nose
- with one's nose in the air
Origin
:
Old English nosu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch neus, and more remotely to German Nase, Latin nasus, and Sanskrit nāsā; also to ness
[nəʊz], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of an animal) thrust its nose against or into something
(e.g: the pony nosed at the straw)
- look around or pry into something
(e.g: I was anxious to get inside and nose around her house)
- (of a vehicle) move cautiously forward
(e.g: he turned left and nosed into an empty parking space)
Phrases:
- by a nose
- count noses
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- get one's nose in front
- get up someone's nose
- give someone a bloody nose
- have one's nose in a book
- keep one's nose clean
- keep one's nose out of
- nose to tail
- not see further than the end of one's nose
- on the nose
- put someone's nose out of joint
- speak through one's nose
- turn one's nose up at
- under someone's nose
- with one's nose in the air
Origin
:
Old English nosu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch neus, and more remotely to German Nase, Latin nasus, and Sanskrit nāsā; also to ness
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