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nosing
(encz) | nosing,zaoblená hrana n: Zdeněk Brož |
Nosing
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against;
hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
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Lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder. --Tennyson.
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A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature
. . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its
authority. --Burke.
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3. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal
twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.] --Cowley.
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4. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.
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5. To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.
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6. To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
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7. To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train
nosed its way into the station;
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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.
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Nosing
(gcide) | Nosing \Nos"ing\, n. (Arch.)
That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over
the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge
of a molding.
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brownnosing
(encz) | brownnosing,lezení do zadku n: web |
diagnosing
(encz) | diagnosing,diagnostikování n: Zdeněk Brož |
nosing
(encz) | nosing,zaoblená hrana n: Zdeněk Brož |
diagnosing
(gcide) | diagnosing \diagnosing\ n.
the act or process of identifying the nature or cause of some
phenomenon.
Syn: diagnosis.
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diagnosing
(wn) | diagnosing
n 1: identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon [syn:
diagnosis, diagnosing] |
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