Nose

  • 41nose — [OE] Nose is the English member of a widespread family of ‘nose’ words that trace their ancestry back to Indo European *nas . This has produced Latin nāsus (source of English nasal [17]), Sanskrit nás, Lithuanian nósis, and Russian, Polish, Czech …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42nòse — nòia, nose, noueio f. noix. De vin de nòse : du vin de noix. Nòse dau ginolh : rotule. Cruvèu de nòse : coquille de noix. Cachar de nòses : casser des noix …

    Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • 43nose — [OE] Nose is the English member of a widespread family of ‘nose’ words that trace their ancestry back to Indo European *nas . This has produced Latin nāsus (source of English nasal [17]), Sanskrit nás, Lithuanian nósis, and Russian, Polish, Czech …

    Word origins

  • 44nose in(1) — or[nose into(1)] {informal} Prying or pestering interest in; unwelcome interest in; impolite curiosity. * /He always had his nose in other people s business./ Contrast: NOSE OUT OF …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 45nose in(1) — or[nose into(1)] {informal} Prying or pestering interest in; unwelcome interest in; impolite curiosity. * /He always had his nose in other people s business./ Contrast: NOSE OUT OF …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 46NOSE-P — Die Nomenclature of Sources of Emissions – Process List (NOSE P) ist ein von der Europäischen Union eingeführtes Kodierungssystem für emissionsverursachende technische Prozesse und Verfahren. Dieses Kodierungssystem wurde ausgehend von der in… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 47nose — 1. noun /nəʊz,noʊz/ a) The organ of the face used to breathe or smell. She has a cold in the nose. b) A snout, the nose of an animal We submerged very slowly …

    Wiktionary

  • 48nose — The front end of a vehicle. Also see front nose section insulator nose projected core/insulator nose …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 49nose up — UK US nose up Phrasal Verb with nose({{}}/nəʊz/ verb ► to increase slowly or by a small amount: »Savings rates have been nosing up during the past few months …

    Financial and business terms

  • 50nose —    a cocaine addict    The allusion is to sniffing the powder:     Higgins taught her everything there was to know about cocaine, turned her into the biggest nose in town. (McBain, 1994)    Having a nose habit is such addiction …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms