Definitions
1.verbTo move cautiously by advancing its front end."The ship nosed through the minefield."
2.verbTo snoop."She was nosing around other people’s business."
3.verbTo detect by smell or as if by smell.
4.verbTo push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
5.verbTo defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
6.verbTo utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang."to nose a prayer"
7.verbTo furnish with a nose."to nose a stair tread"
8.verbTo confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
9.nounAn animal's pushing or exploration with the nose.
10.nounThat part of the treadboard of a stair that projects over the riser.
11.nounAny similar projection, such as the projecting edge of a moulding.