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📖 Определения и значения для слова nose

📒 the part of the face that sticks out above the mouth, used for breathing and smelling things

  • She had dark eyes and a long narrow nose.
  • He broke his nose in the fight.
  • She wrinkled her nose in disgust.

📒 having the type of nose mentioned

  • red-nosed
  • large-nosed

📒 the front part of a plane, spacecraft, etc.

  • Heat detectors are fitted in the nose of the missile.
  • He pushed the nose down for the final approach.
  • The plane's nose dipped as it started descending towards the runway.

📒 a special ability for finding or recognizing something

  • As a journalist, she has always had a nose for a good story.

📒 a sense of smell

  • a dog with a good nose
  • (figurative) Good noses can always smell a fight brewing.

📒 a smell that is characteristic of a particular wine

  • This Cote de Beaune has a good nose, with apricot and raisin aromas.

📒 by only a small amount (used mostly when talking about horse racing)

  • He lost his first race by a nose but won the next three.
  • Glen's Diamond was declared the winner by a nose from the 11–4 favourite.

📒 to do something when you are angry that is meant to harm somebody else but that also harms you

📒 to be guided by your sense of smell

📒 to go straight forward

  • The garage is a mile ahead up the hill—just follow your nose.

📒 to act according to what seems right or reasonable, rather than following any particular rules

📒 if you say that people have their noses in the trough, you mean that they are trying to get a lot of money for themselves

📒 to annoy somebody

📒 to defeat somebody

  • We have to give him a bloody nose in the election.
  • Voters gave the government a bloody nose in the local elections.

📒 to be reading

  • She always has her nose in a book.

📒 to be reading something and giving it all your attention

  • Peter always has his nose in a book.

📒 to look around a place; to look for something in a place

  • I’ll have a nose round and see what I can find.

📒 used to say that somebody is not upset or annoyed about something because it does not affect them in a bad way

📒 to avoid doing anything wrong or illegal

  • Since leaving prison, he's managed to keep his nose clean.

📒 to not become involved in things that should not really involve you

📒 to work hard for a long period of time without stopping

📒 to make somebody do everything you want; to control somebody completely

📒 to behave in a way that suggests that you think that you are better than somebody or that something is not good enough for you

  • People who live in that area tend to look down their noses at their poorer neighbours.
  • They tend to look down their noses at people who drive small cars.

📒 if cars, etc. are nose to tail, they are moving slowly in a long line with little space between them

  • The traffic was nose to tail for miles.

📒 exactly

  • The budget should hit the $136 billion target on the nose.

📒 to pay too much money for something

📒 very obvious

📒 to try to become involved in something that should not involve you

  • He’s always poking his nose into other people’s business.

📒 a polite way to say that somebody goes to the toilet

  • I'm just going to powder my nose.

📒 to upset or annoy somebody, especially by not giving them enough attention

📒 to keep reminding somebody in an unkind way of their past mistakes

📒 to make a rude sign with your thumb on your nose; to show that you have no respect for somebody/something

  • The company just thumbs its nose at the legislation on pollution.
  • They thumb their noses at all of our traditions.

📒 to refuse something, especially because you do not think that it is good enough for you

  • The children turn up their noses at almost everything I cook.

📒 if something is under somebody’s nose, it is very close to them but they cannot see it

  • I searched everywhere for the letter and it was under my nose all the time!

📒 if something happens under somebody’s nose, they do not notice it even though it is not being done secretly

  • The police didn't know the drugs ring was operating right under their noses.

📒 in a way that is not friendly and suggests that you think that you are better than other people

  • She walked in with her nose in the air, ignoring everyone.
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