(n.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.
(n.) The power of smelling; hence, scent.
(n.) A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.
(v. t.) To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
(v. t.) To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
(v. t.) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
(v. i.) To smell; to sniff; to scent.
(v. i.) To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
Example Sentences:
(1) Jonker kept sticking his nose in the corner and not really cooperating, but then came a moment of stillness.
(2) All of this in the same tones of weary nonchalance you might use to stop the dog nosing around in the bin.
(3) These data suggest that basophilic cell function in the superficial mucous layer in the nose is of greater significance in the development of nasal symptoms in response to nasal allergy than either mucociliary activity or nasal mucosal hypersensitivity to histamine.
(4) Body weight (BW) and nose-tail length were less in the hypoxic exposed (H) rats than in control (C) animals growing in air.
(5) It’s the same story over and over.” Children’s author Philip Ardagh , who told the room he once worked as an “unprofessional librarian” in Lewisham, said: “Closing down a library is like filing off the end of a swordfish’s nose: pointless.” 'Speak up before there's nothing left': authors rally for National Libraries Day Read more “Today proves that support for public libraries comes from all walks of life and it’s not rocket science to work out why.
(6) Segmental function was diminished an average of 67.8% in "noses" and 46.6% in "bridges".
(7) Most symptoms come from the ciliated airways (nose, paranasal sinuses, and bronchs) and from the middle ear.
(8) Although they were born at different periods of the year, the calves in all three groups had similar bacterial loads in their noses and tracheas when they were 1 day old (P greater than 0.05).
(9) Generated droplets were dried in line and led to an inhalation chamber from which the dry aerosol was inhaled using a nose or mouth inhalation unit.
(10) A review of the literature reveals that the numerous procedures now available to repair the nose had already been devised by the middle of the nineteenth century in Germany and France as well as in England.
(11) An initial nasal allergen challenge was followed by a rechallenge of the nose with allergen 24 h later using a lavage technique.
(12) Sometimes the way the MP [military policeman] holds the head chokes me, and with all the nerves in the nose the tube passing the nose is like torture,” Dhiab said in a legal filing.
(13) Transposition of prolabium not required in the definitive lip repair into the floor of the nose permits subsequent columellar construction.
(14) The symptoms might be due to increased parasympathetic activity to the nose with the release of vaso-secretory active substances.
(15) Most infections have flu-like symptoms including fever, coughing, sore throat, runny nose, and aches and pains.
(16) The observation of high levels of xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme activity in the olfactory mucosa has produced speculation on the functional significance of these enzymes in the nose.
(17) The results of numerous microbiological investigations of sputa, nose and throat swabs before and during the long-term study are interpreted under certain aspects and questioning.
(18) But a eurosnob is generally someone who only watches European soccer and looks down his or her nose at MLS.
(19) Pretreatment of the lower airways with inhaled atropine did not affect the magnitude of the changes in Ru after inhalation of OA through the nose but significantly attenuated the response of the lower airways.
(20) A significant decrease was shown for the difference in upper and lower lip pressures between nose breathing and mouth breathing, whereas there was a significant increase in pressure when the subject extended the head 5 degrees during mouth breathing.
Smell
Definition:
(n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.
(n.) To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out.
(n.) To give heed to.
(v. i.) To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
(v. i.) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.
(v. i.) To exercise the sense of smell.
(v. i.) To exercise sagacity.
(v. t.) The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
(v. t.) The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.
Example Sentences:
(1) • young clownfish will lose their ability to "smell" the anemone species that they shelter in.
(2) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
(3) The lid is fiddly to fit on to the cup, and smells so strongly of silicone it almost entirely ruins the taste of the coffee if you don’t remove it.
(4) A history and physical examination focused on signs and symptoms of chemosensory disorders, in combination with screening tests for taste and smell function, can quickly and easily delineate the general type and cause of the dysfunction.
(5) The coke sailed up my nasal passage, leaving behind the delicious smell of a hot leather car seat on the way back from the beach.
(6) "When I burp and pass wind the smell is absolutely horrendous.
(7) Examination of illustrative case reports demonstrates that the qualitative features of the Odorant Confusion Matrix offer additional insights to support etiologic diagnoses of disturbances in sense of smell.
(8) Receptor cells with cilia were observed, and although the olfactory system undergoes further differentiation during pouch life and although the olfactory epithelium and bulb of the newborn differs from that of the adult, these facts do not preclude the ability of the newborn to detect smell.
(9) Donna Sinclair, head of Options 4 Change, a charity working with black youths "I went to Brixton the morning after and the smell of burning, and what you could see told a huge story.
(10) 'The smell had become unbelievably bad by then', she said.
(11) Anything that good for you might be expected to smell foul and come in a medicine bottle, but the Mediterranean diet is generally considered to be delicious, except by those who hate olive oil.
(12) The media, smelling blood, has fallen into pack formation.
(13) It might smell close to pot, he said, but would be “tainted” because of all the other items and plants like poison oak burning along with it.
(14) Data from each subject were fitted by a compartmental model for zinc metabolism that was developed previously for patients with taste and smell dysfunction.
(15) Learning of the motor to the mother smell seems to occur yet in prenatal period.
(16) Guardian US environment correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg looked at the role cities would have to play in reducing emissions: At-risk cities hold solutions to climate change: UN report It is already taking shape as the 21st century urban nightmare: a big storm hits a city like Shanghai, Mumbai, Miami or New York, knocking out power supply and waste treatment plants, washing out entire neighbourhoods and marooning the survivors in a toxic and foul-smelling swamp.
(17) A sensory world beyond the care setting can be evoked through recorded birdsong or the smell of flowers.
(18) Similar messages delivered by previous populist, independent candidates like Ralph Nader and Ross Perot didn’t catch on because there was always that whiff of ego that voters like me could smell, coupled with lack of experience in government.
(19) Of the group returning the tests, seven employees reported having smell problems due to allergies or sinus disease.
(20) This is payback, without a doubt.” The workers recently won the support of Will Self, who supported a boycott of the venue, writing : “If the punters wake up and smell the crap coffee of corporate greed, perhaps we won’t be so keen on contributing to those revenues.