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nosed 音标拼音: [n'ozd] pp. 闻 闻 nosed adj 1: having a nose ( either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind [ ant: { noseless}] Nose \ Nose\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Nosed} ( n[= o] zd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Nosing}.] 1. To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently. [ 1913 Webster] Lambs . . . nosing the mother' s udder. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its authority. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. [ R.] -- Cowley. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 5. To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 6. To examine with the nose or sense of smell. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 7. To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the station; [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 8. ( Racing Slang) to beat by ( the length of) a nose. Hence, to defeat in a contest by a small margin; also used in the form { nose out}. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Nosed \ Nosed\, a. Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chiefly used in composition; as, pug- nosed. [ 1913 Webster] nosedive
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