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# nose

«nose» in Mova's school dictionary: **The part of your face that sticks out above your mouth…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a nose, noses); verb (nose around/about — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The part of your face that sticks out above your mouth, used for smelling and breathing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#m1)

2) The sense of smell: «a dog has a good nose». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#m2)

3) The front part of a plane, car or boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#m3)

4) Verb: to look around in a nosy way, or to move forward slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#m4)

5) To turn up your nose at something means to refuse it or look down on it as not good enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science: the nose is the organ of smell; tiny hairs and mucus trap dust and germs; air is warmed in the nose. Dogs have much better noses than people. In hygiene: blow your nose into a tissue, throw it away and wash your hands; cover coughs and sneezes. In safety: don't put small things up your nose. Phrases: blow your nose, runny nose, nosebleed, pick your nose, under your nose, nosy, turn up your nose at.

### examples

- Blow your nose into a tissue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#x1)
- I have a runny nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#x2)
- Dogs use their noses to find things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#x3)
- We smell with our nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#x4)
- Don't put beads up your nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#x5)
- Pinch the soft part of your nose for a nosebleed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#x6)
- The nose of the plane is pointed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#x7)
- The answer was right under my nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#x8)
- "Brer Coon tu'n up his nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/#x9)

### note

Countable: noses. Homophone: «knows» (she knows) sounds the same. «Nosy» means too interested in others' business. Picking your nose spreads germs — use a tissue.

### In the corpora

- [Circular breathing means breathing in through the nose while pushing out air stored in the cheeks, so the sound never stops.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/11/)
- [The trunk is the elephant's nose and upper lip joined together and grown very long.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/5/)
- [A dog's nose has hundreds of millions of smell receptors, while a human nose has about 5 or 6 million.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/10/)
- [The nose warms and moistens air, and its hairs and sticky mucus catch dust and germs before they reach the lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/12/)
- [A sneeze is a reflex that blasts air out of the nose and mouth to clear something irritating, like dust or pepper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nose» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nose/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.