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 →

2) The sense of smell: «a dog has a good nose». tree →

3) The front part of a plane, car or boat. tree →

4) Verb: to look around in a nosy way, or to move forward slowly. tree →

5) To turn up your nose at something means to refuse it or look down on it as not good enough. tree →

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 →
• I have a runny nose. tree →
• Dogs use their noses to find things. tree →
• We smell with our nose. tree →
• Don't put beads up your nose. tree →
• Pinch the soft part of your nose for a nosebleed. tree →
• The nose of the plane is pointed. tree →
• The answer was right under my nose. tree →
• "Brer Coon tu'n up his nose. tree →

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.
• The trunk is the elephant's nose and upper lip joined together and grown very long.
• A dog's nose has hundreds of millions of smell receptors, while a human nose has about 5 or 6 million.
• The nose warms and moistens air, and its hairs and sticky mucus catch dust and germs before they reach the lungs.
• A sneeze is a reflex that blasts air out of the nose and mouth to clear something irritating, like dust or pepper.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nose» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.