verb Download 🔗Share To move cautiously by advancing its front end. Examples : "The ship nosed through the minefield." action vehicle nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To snoop. Examples : "She was nosing around other people’s business." action human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To detect by smell or as if by smell. Examples : "The dog was nosing around the garden, trying to find the lost ball. " sensation action animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To push with one's nose; to nuzzle. Examples : "The dog was nosing my hand, hoping for a treat. " animal action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out. Examples : "The brown horse just managed to nose out the black horse at the finish line. " sport race achievement Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang. Examples : "to nose a prayer" language phonetics sound communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to. Examples : "The two angry dogs were nosing each other, growling and ready to fight. " action position Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An animal's pushing or exploration with the nose. Examples : "The puppy's nosing around the kitchen cabinets revealed a forgotten treat. " animal action biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That part of the treadboard of a stair that projects over the riser. Examples : "The child tripped on the nosing of the bottom step because it was worn smooth. " architecture part building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any similar projection, such as the projecting edge of a moulding. Examples : "The carpenter carefully smoothed the nosing of the wooden staircase tread. " architecture part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading