The part of the human face or the forward part of the head of other vertebrates that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract, Something, such as the forward end of an aircraft, rocket, or submarine, that resembles a nose in shape or position, A very short distance or narrow margin, intransitive verb_ To find out by or as if by smell, To move, push, or make with or as if with the nose, To advance with caution, transitive verb_ rare To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang, To examine with the nose or sense of smell, To make by advancing the nose or front end