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nose

  [nohz] noun, verb, nosed, nos⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
2. this part as the organ of smell.
3. the sense of smell: fragrances appealing to the nose.
4. anything regarded as resembling the nose of a person or animal, as a spout or nozzle.
5. the prow of a ship.
6. the forward end of an aircraft.
7. the forward edge of the head of a golf club.
8. a projecting part of anything: the nose of a pair of pliers.
9. a faculty of perceiving or detecting: to have a nose for news.
10. the human nose regarded as a symbol of meddling or prying: Why can't he keep his nose out of my business?
11. the length of a nose: The horse won the race by a nose.
12. the bouquet of an alcoholic drink, esp. the distinctive aroma of a wine.
–verb (used with object)
13. to perceive by or as by the nose or the sense of smell: a cheese that could be nosed at some distance.
14. to approach the nose to, as in smelling or examining; sniff.
15. to move or push forward with or as with the nose: The dog nosed its pup back into the yard. The boat nosed its way toward shore.
16. to touch or rub with the nose; nuzzle.
–verb (used without object)
17. to smell or sniff.
18. to seek as if by smelling or scent: The dogs nosed after their quarry.
19. to move or push forward: to nose into the wind.
20. to meddle or pry (often fol. by about, into, etc.): They are always nosing about in other people's business.
—Verb phrase
21. nose out,
a. to defeat, esp. by a narrow margin: The other candidates had been nosed out in the final returns.
b. to learn or discover, esp. by snooping or prying: to nose out a secret.
—Idioms
22. count noses, to count the number of people in attendance: Each time the troop left an exhibit the leader counted noses.
23. cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to create a disadvantage to oneself through one's own spiteful action.
24. follow one's nose,
a. to go forward in a straight course.
b. to guide oneself by instinct: I found the house by following my nose.
25. hold one's nose, to repress feelings of distaste, repulsion, or offense for something that one is obliged to do: He held his nose and voted for the bill.
26. keep one's nose clean, to behave oneself; avoid trouble or scandal: Did he keep his nose clean after he got out of prison?
27. keep one's nose to the grindstone. grindstone (def. 3).
28. lead or lead around by the nose, to exercise complete control over; dominate totally: He lets his brother lead him by the nose.
29. look down one's nose at, to regard with disdain or condescension: He had always looked down his nose at those who were poorer than he.
30. on the nose, Informal.
a. precisely, correctly, or perfectly.
b. exactly on time: We made it at ten o'clock on the nose.
c. (of a bet) for win only.
d. Australian Informal. decayed or putrid; stinking.
e. Australian Informal. distasteful or unpleasant; of doubtful validity or propriety.
31. pay through the nose, to pay an excessive price: They patronize small and exclusive shops where they cheerfully pay through the nose.
32. put someone's nose out of joint,
a. to annoy or irritate greatly.
b. to supersede a person in another's regard, devotion, etc.
c. to thwart someone; spoil someone's plans.
33. rub someone's nose in, to persecute or tease someone persistently about; nag someone about: I know I was wrong but you don't have to rub my nose in it.
34. turn up one's nose at, to regard with contempt; scorn: My friend turns up his nose at anyone who hasn't had a college education.
35. under someone's nose, plainly visible to; in full view of; in bold defiance of: The theft took place right under the detective's nose. Also, under someone's very nose.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME (n.); OE nosu; akin to D neus, G Nase, L nāsus, Skt nāsā

Related forms:
noseless, adjective
noselike, adjective
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pay 1   (pā)   
v.   paid (pād), pay·ing, pays

v.   tr.

  1. To give money to in return for goods or services rendered: pay the cashier.

  2. To give (money) in exchange for goods or services: paid four dollars for a hamburger; paid an hourly wage.

  3. To discharge or settle (a debt or obligation): paying taxes; paid the bill.

    1. To give recompense for; requite: a kindness that cannot be paid back.

    2. To give recompense to; reward or punish: I'll pay him back for his insults.

  5. To bear (a cost or penalty, for example) in recompense: She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.

  6. To yield as a return: a savings plan that paid six percent interest.

  7. To afford an advantage to; profit: It paid us to be generous.

  8. To give or bestow: paying compliments; paying attention.

  9. To make (a visit or call).

  10. Past tense and past participle paid or payed (pād) To let out (a line or cable) by slackening.

v.   intr.

  1. To give money in exchange for goods or services.

  2. To discharge a debt or obligation.

  3. To bear a cost or penalty in recompense: You'll pay for this mischief!

  4. To be profitable or worthwhile: It doesn't pay to get angry.

adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, giving, or receiving payments.

  2. Requiring payment to use or operate: a pay toilet.

  3. Yielding valuable metal in mining: a pay streak.

n.  

  1. The act of paying or state of being paid.

  2. Money given in return for work done; salary; wages.

    1. Recompense or reward: Your thanks are pay enough.

    2. Retribution or punishment.

  4. Paid employment: the workers in our pay.

  5. A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.

  6. To pay the full amount on (a debt).

  7. To effect profit: a bet that paid off poorly.

  8. To get revenge for or on; requite.

  9. To pay the wages due to (an employee) upon discharge.

  10. Informal To bribe.

  11. Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward.

  12. To give (money) out; spend.

  13. To let out (a line or rope) by slackening.

Phrasal Verb(s):
pay off

  1. To pay the full amount on (a debt).

  2. To effect profit: a bet that paid off poorly.

  3. To get revenge for or on; requite.

  4. To pay the wages due to (an employee) upon discharge.

  5. Informal To bribe.

  6. Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward.

pay out

  1. To give (money) out; spend.

  2. To let out (a line or rope) by slackening.

pay upTo give over the full monetary amount demanded.

Idiom(s):
pay (one's) duesTo earn a given right or position through hard work, long-term experience, or suffering: She paid her dues in small-town theaters before being cast in a Broadway play.

Idiom(s):
pay (one's) wayTo contribute one's own share; pay for oneself.

Idiom(s):
pay the piperTo bear the consequences of something.

Idiom(s):
pay through the nose Informal To pay excessively.

[Middle English paien, from Old French paiier, from Late Latin pācāre, to appease, from Latin, to pacify, subdue, from pāx, pāc-, peace; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]
Word History: Given the unpeaceful feelings one often has in paying bills or income taxes, it is difficult to believe that the word pay ultimately derives from the Latin word pāx, "peace." However, it is not the peace of the one who pays that is involved in this development of meaning. From pāx, meaning "peace" and also "a settlement of hostilities," was derived the word pācāre, "to impose a settlement on peoples or territories." In Late Latin pācāre was extended in sense to mean "to appease." The Old French word paiier that developed from Latin pācāre came to have the specific application "to pacify or satisfy a creditor," a sense that came into Middle English along with the word paien (first recorded around the beginning of the 13th century), the ancestor of our word pay.
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Cultural Dictionary

pay through the nose

To pay unreasonably high prices: “If you visit any major city these days, you had better be prepared to pay through the nose for a hotel room.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
nose (candy)

  1. n.
    powdered drugs that are inhaled, primarily cocaine, sometimes heroin. (Drugs. See also needle candy.) : Bart has some nose candy for sale.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

nose 
O.E. nosu, from P.Gmc. *nusus (cf. O.N. nös, O.Fris. nose, Du. neus, O.H.G. nasa, Ger. nase), from PIE *nas- (cf. Skt. nasa, O.Pers. naham, O.C.S. nasu, Lith. nosis, L. nasus "nose"). Used to indicate "something obvious" from 1591. The verb sense of "pry, search" first recorded 1648, from the noun. Pay through the nose (1672) seems to suggest "bleed."
"Kiv, It could bee no other then his owne manne, that had thrust his nose so farre out of ioynte." ["Barnabe Riche His Farewell to Military Profession," 1581]
Many extended senses are from the horse-racing sense of "length of a horse's nose," as a measure of distance between two finishers (1908). Nose-bleed first attested 1848. Nose cone in the space rocket sense is from 1949. Nose job "rhinoplasty" is from 1963; nose dive "sudden large decrease" is 1920, from airplane sense, first attested 1912. To turn up one's nose "show disdain" is from 1818 (earlier hold up one's nose, 1579); similar notion in look down one's nose (1921).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: nose
Pronunciation: 'nOz
Function: noun
1 a : the part of the face that bears the nostrils and covers the anterior part of the nasalcavity; broadly : this part together with the nasal cavity b : the anterior part of the head above or projecting beyond the muzzle
2 : the sense ofsmell : OLFACTION
3 : OLFACTORY ORGAN
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Medical Dictionary

nose (nōz)
n.
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.

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Idioms & Phrases

pay through the nose

Pay an excessive amount for something, as in We paid through the nose for that vacation. The origin of this term has been lost. Possibly it alludes to the Danish nose tax, imposed in Ireland in the 9th century, whereby delinquent taxpayers were punished by having their noses slit. [Second half of 1600s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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