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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

nose

I.noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

as plain as day/the nose on your face (=very clear)

chiselled features/chin/mouth/nose etc

▪ his chiselled good looks

hurt your arm/leg/nose etc

▪ He hurt his knee playing football.

nose job

parson's nose

Roman nose

rub your nose/chin/eyes/forehead etc

▪ She yawned and rubbed her eyes.

snub nose

wiped...nose

▪ He pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his nose.

wrinkled...nose

▪ Alex wrinkled up her nose at the smell.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

big

▪ He had a cruel, clever, merciless face, with a big curved nose and very bright, hard eyes.

▪ She says a lot of older guys only want to drive trucks with those big, long noses.

▪ That's his big nose and double chin.

▪ He had big nose in my face and was blowing impatiently.

▪ He got his big nose broken for his trouble and the guy he helped wasn't notably grateful.

▪ Not like you to poke your big nose into areas that don't concern you.

▪ Careful application of a slightly darker foundation can slim a big nose.

▪ Her big beaky nose gives her a masculine look.

bloody

▪ Actress Robin Givens gave the man a bloody nose after he mistook her for a hooker while she was filming in Chicago.

▪ One of them has a bloody nose that looks like a bloody mouth, all red.

▪ Those who take that risk will get a bloody nose.

▪ His opponents always ended up with bloody noses.

▪ Millions of pounds are at stake and one side is certain to receive a bloody nose.

▪ A 17 and 18 year old escaped with no more than bloody noses.

▪ As John Major said, they've given us a bloody nose.

▪ Unfortunately for him, Alfred had been well trained and Bastide staggered back, clutching a bloody nose.

broken

▪ And while all this brouhaha was going on Richard Harris was getting up Heston's famously broken nose.

▪ Carwyn was flying home, Ted was working on his self-esteem, Richie was nursing a broken nose.

▪ He suffered a broken nose and bruising.

▪ He screamed in agony and fell to his knees, cradling his broken nose between his bloodied hands.

▪ Horrified shoppers watched as Darren Caygill was knocked to the ground, suffering a broken nose.

▪ Clive wanted to see the manager with a broken nose, blood on his dicky bow and frilly shirt front.

▪ He had one clear memory of a fight in some dive, a broken nose, a throat ready for cutting.

long

▪ When the figure looked up the boy was impressed by bright, blue eyes and a long nose but a kind expression.

▪ It is a fierce face with a very long nose.

▪ She gets my goat sometimes with her long, strong nose and her self-assertion.

▪ Zali whimpered and pushed his long nose under the covers.

▪ The boy grew into a man with blue eyes, a long straight nose, and dark red hair.

▪ She says a lot of older guys only want to drive trucks with those big, long noses.

▪ His long nose came from the latter and more specifically from a genetic type unit near the Dead Sea.

▪ They snout in the dirt with their long noses.

red

▪ But then most of the police - even the ones in cars - are sporting red noses for the occasion.

▪ Jozia blew her red nose into her kerchief.

▪ All the other reindeers had red noses just like Randolph's daddy, Rudolph.

▪ A porter's found a red nose.

▪ The first day Emma had escorted Ruth to the gates and come back with a red nose.

▪ As if a red nose could suit anyone.

roman

▪ Both had a slightly Roman nose.

▪ Black curls, a handsome Roman nose, shining sharp senseless saliva-moist teeth.

▪ It was time to rub that handsome Roman nose of his in the dirt.

runny

▪ You may also have a dry irritating cough, a sore throat and a runny, itchy nose.

▪ She put her arms around his waist; her tears and runny nose wet his shirt.

▪ Sore throat, runny nose, head like a cottage loaf.

▪ And you have to consult baby pictures to remember what your kids looked like without raw, runny noses.

▪ Reintroducing those foods brings the bad behaviour back along with the wheezing or runny nose.

▪ Respiratory system Runny or congested nose, constant sore throat, catarrh or post-nasal drip, difficulty in breathing, hyperventilation.

▪ An allergic reaction can often be nothing more than red eyes, a runny nose, or a touch of wheeziness.

▪ With the runny nose there could be a problem with the sinuses or the pony may be a catarrh sufferer.

straight

▪ A round face with a high forehead, blue eyes, short straight nose, a mantle of shining, fair hair.

▪ Gliding by they showed their fair faces, their committed brows and straight noses.

▪ The boy grew into a man with blue eyes, a long straight nose, and dark red hair.

▪ Her face was perfect: high cheekbones, a straight nose and a lush mouth.

▪ Thick dark hair, large eyes, pale unblemished skin, sculpted planes of the face, straight noses, strong mouths.

▪ She wore no make-up but had classic features, a straight nose, full lips and fine eyes.

▪ Dark hair, brown eyes, straight nose, not too short.

▪ She had a wide, full mouth, a straight nose, and the same piercing blue eyes as her brother.

■ NOUN

aquiline

▪ It was a tall man with an aquiline nose and thick dark hair.

▪ A medallion in Hughes Hall portrays her with short hair, an aquiline nose, and a determined chin.

▪ But he had a thinnish face, with an aquiline nose and really black hair.

▪ In my mind's eye I see him as he was, complete with bowler-hat and aquiline nose.

▪ He was in his early thirties with dark skin and a long face from which protruded a sharp, aquiline nose.

▪ At an upstairs window they present a life size dummy head: firm jaw, aquiline nose, shining complexion.

▪ She watched Luke read it, saw the gathering frown carve two grooves over his aquiline nose.

▪ Sir John had dark hair, sharp eyes and an aquiline nose.

job

▪ I think this is a pretty car, especially at the front where the nose job is great.

▪ Tries to put her best face forward, even if it means a nose job.

▪ Jackson must've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad.

▪ If I hung around here any longer, it would all go on a nose job for Emily Quigley.

▪ He may have had a nose job at Edith Piaf's request, but that was a long time ago.

▪ Not only is she incredibly slim, she's also allegedly had a nose job to improve her looks.

■ VERB

blow

▪ She blew her nose and announced that she was going to have a bath.

▪ For a moment Converse thought that she would blow her nose on him.

▪ She blew her nose as daintily as was possible in the circumstances and handed the handkerchief back with a wan smile.

▪ Stu was worried that he was responsible for me needing Kleenex, blowing my nose.

▪ Either way, if you blow your nose, you may well miss it altogether.

▪ I had a terrible cold and spent much of the time blowing my nose.

▪ With great discretion, the overcoats in the front pews blew their noses.

▪ She took out a handkerchief and pressed it against her eyes, then blew her nose.

break

▪ He broke Sonny's nose and closed his left eye.

▪ Once, she fell and broke her nose and chin.

▪ McClelland punched Mr Woodhouse twice in the face breaking his nose.

▪ When he fell after being hit with the staff, he broke his nose on the ground.

▪ It wasn't so much the threat of Dennis breaking his nose that had changed his mind.

▪ More Sanders: He broke his nose against Green Bay when his helmet was shoved down.

▪ He cut me above the eye and broke my nose which had been broken before.

▪ Newsweek puts Geraldo on the cover with his broken nose so that Newsweek can sell more magazines.

breathe

▪ They both sat breathing through their noses, on the verge of anger.

▪ He worked quietly behind her, one and a-two, breathing through his nose.

▪ Colonel Fergusson had his eyes closed and was breathing out through his nose in long smooth puffs like a bellows.

▪ Stand with feet shoulder-width apart. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.

▪ Before the exercises actually begin, for a few minutes, close your eyes and breathe through your nose.

▪ You should always breathe through your nose: the nose warms up the air.

hold

▪ Until then, the rest of us will just have to keep holding our noses.

▪ He shut his eyes, held his nose like a kid about to take his medicine, and started to drink.

▪ The opposite rudder is then applied to hold that nose direction and to prevent the glider from turning.

▪ I drank more beer, holding my nose while I swallowed.

▪ There was more drama to follow in the actual race, where Shemaka held on by a nose from Baya.

▪ Confound it, who am I to hold up my nose in such a fashion?

▪ Angela actually found herself holding her nose as she walked through the cobbled streets.

▪ In this instance, the jaws should be held together with the nose pointing upwards.

keep

▪ Until then, the rest of us will just have to keep holding our noses.

▪ Thass why you got ta keep yuh nose clean.

▪ You keep your nose out, you hear me?

▪ The pouch did not help, but I kept it on my nose, afraid to take a chance.

▪ Come on, you can't seriously expect me to keep my nose out of things at this stage, Ellis.

▪ But keep his nose clean and take their money, and he could have a marvellous life in Berlin.

▪ Jim had decided he was going to keep his nose to the grindstone and avoid confrontations at work.

pick

▪ He wouldn't be allowed to fart or pick his nose or put his feet on the table.

▪ Centuries later the light brought two of the shepherds, the tall one picking his nose, and Douthwaite smirking.

▪ Edwina Currie was opening her post, Sir James Spicer was picking his nose.

▪ I just saw a man trying not to pick his nose behind his newspaper!

▪ Please don't pick your nose at the table.

▪ The young Eric was looking away and picking his nose, looking bored.

▪ The toilet stank of urine, and at one point a chef was seen picking his nose while preparing food.

▪ Both pick the nose of rock credibility and flick rolled-up bogies at its established figureheads.

poke

▪ Or maybe they resented a stranger poking his nose into their affairs?

▪ He merely watched the obscure corners of the busy planet and poked his stubby nose into dusty crannies.

▪ So he poked his nose through the letterbox.

▪ I didn't really want her poking her nose in anyway.

▪ Not like you to poke your big nose into areas that don't concern you.

▪ Not her national monument I told her, and she shouldn't come poking her nose in where it wasn't wanted.

▪ He poked his nose outside to see if he could tie off the cord.

▪ Didn't he ever stop talking, poking his nose in?

powder

▪ After the main course Vanessa disappeared to powder her nose.

▪ I also notice the fresh lipstick and powdered nose and realize my sister had done as she pleased.

▪ One way or another, I had drunk quite a bit this evening, but I didn't need to powder my nose.

press

▪ Inside, Tamika presses her nose against the pastry case.

▪ He rolled sideways and pressed his nose into the grass.

▪ The Doctor pressed his nose into the ground and waited for salvation or destruction.

▪ He pressed his nose against the window, smearing it with fresh snout prints.

▪ Charlie pressed his nose against the window but couldn't recognise anyone who was working inside.

▪ They pressed their noses against the window of Healy's Hotel.

punch

▪ The floor punched me in the nose and I stretched out on it.

▪ On another some one told him that an irate parishioner had threatened to punch Ray in the nose.

▪ What she would give to punch him on the nose, and flatten once and for all his insulting, devilish assumptions.

put

▪ He put his nose tip to tip with hers.

▪ Dunne took up the glass of whiskey, put it under his nose, and dipped his tongue in.

▪ Now is the time for the golfer from Welwyn Garden City to put his nose to the grindstone once more.

▪ Lincoln put his nose at the top of the window, savoring the traffic smells, and then the farms and orchards.

▪ Killion immediately put the nose down.

▪ No one would believe the truth even if you put their nose right up to it.

▪ There was no one around so I went up and put my nose practically against the glass.

▪ They put their noses in the air.

rub

▪ Even when you rub their noses in it, politicians can be remarkably slow to recognise reality for what it is.

▪ A child might not complain of itching, but she might be rubbing her eyes or nose repeatedly.

▪ The Deputy Under Secretary rubbed his nose, watched a flake of skin pirouette down to the opened pages of the file.

▪ He kept blinking to clear his eyes and now he rubbed his nose.

▪ He stepped forward, stopped suddenly, and rubbed his nose.

▪ She had defined what she perceived to be reality, and she kept trying to rub Scarlet's nose in it.

▪ They rubbed their noses on it so that globs of anthrax green snot hung off it in the morning.

stick

▪ He offers me a free go too but I just stick my nose in the air and say no thanks.

▪ Hairs sticking out of his nose and ears.

▪ Well, why not - he was sticking his nose in everywhere else.

▪ Sammy stuck his nose in the air, delighted at such attention.

▪ But maybe he's thinking that Gerald and Les might like to know you're sticking your nose in.

▪ We all stuck our noses that much deeper into the Colonel's Sumbanese rugs.

▪ Often he was right, often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in.

▪ Bossy matriarch Pauline Faaahhhhler finds out she's the real grandma of Sonia's baby and sticks her nose right in.

thumb

▪ So long as he had the support of Sir Rufus Stone, he could thumb his nose at Cotton.

▪ Voters here have always been drawn to against-the-grain outsiders who make a career of thumbing their noses at party traditionalists.

▪ Judges who thumb their noses at presidents are thought to be good for democracy.

▪ Faubus had again thumbed his nose at the judiciary by refusing to appear.

▪ The way she slept on her side, thumb up against her nose.

▪ Voters have thumbed their noses at it.

▪ The protestors were denigrating the primary symbol of the ordained ministry, they claimed, and thumbing their noses at the Church.

turn

▪ Even Sal and Kitty turned up their noses when he offered them such delicacies as black bananas and bruised apples.

▪ And then they turned up their noses.

▪ Time and again he had to turn his nose up into the arch of the drain to keep from drowning.

▪ That caught the attention of New York publishers, who had turned up their noses at the manuscript.

▪ It turns out her nose is sore but unbroken, not even bruised.

▪ Classical music elders may turn up their noses, but so far, the antics are working.

wipe

▪ Occasionally he wiped his nose on his sleeve.

▪ Varney sniffed, wiped his nose with his hand and backed his other foot into the water.

▪ Frank had sat up and taken out his handkerchief and wiped his nose.

▪ Morrill sniffed, wiped his nose with the back of his hand, and looked up.

▪ She wiped her nose with her sleeve, leaving a snail's trail on the rough wool.

▪ She wiped her nose and watched the suntan lotion ad that was on television.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a nose/boob job

▪ He may have had a nose job at Edith Piaf's request, but that was a long time ago.

▪ If I hung around here any longer, it would all go on a nose job for Emily Quigley.

▪ Jackson must've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad.

▪ Not only is she incredibly slim, she's also allegedly had a nose job to improve her looks.

▪ Tries to put her best face forward, even if it means a nose job.

aquiline nose

▪ A medallion in Hughes Hall portrays her with short hair, an aquiline nose, and a determined chin.

▪ At an upstairs window they present a life size dummy head: firm jaw, aquiline nose, shining complexion.

▪ But he had a thinnish face, with an aquiline nose and really black hair.

▪ He was in his early thirties with dark skin and a long face from which protruded a sharp, aquiline nose.

▪ In my mind's eye I see him as he was, complete with bowler-hat and aquiline nose.

▪ It was a tall man with an aquiline nose and thick dark hair.

▪ She watched Luke read it, saw the gathering frown carve two grooves over his aquiline nose.

▪ The older woman had a lean face, a long neck, and an aquiline nose.

blow your nose

▪ Here's a Kleenex - blow your nose.

▪ Either way, if you blow your nose, you may well miss it altogether.

▪ For a moment Converse thought that she would blow her nose on him.

▪ I had a terrible cold and spent much of the time blowing my nose.

▪ She blew her nose as daintily as was possible in the circumstances and handed the handkerchief back with a wan smile.

▪ She took out a handkerchief and pressed it against her eyes, then blew her nose.

▪ Stu was worried that he was responsible for me needing Kleenex, blowing my nose.

▪ With great discretion, the overcoats in the front pews blew their noses.

▪ With soil-caked fingers he drew a handkerchief from a pocket and blew his nose.

button nose/eyes

▪ Mrs Stych fixed her button eyes upon the elegant figure of Mrs Frizzell and bowled purposefully across the lawn.

▪ Reddish brown hair and bright, button eyes, and a shy, quivering look.

▪ There are hundreds of black button eyes and a thick nest of yarn for the hair.

cut off your nose to spite your face

▪ If you love him, ask him to stay. Otherwise you'll be cutting off your nose to spite your face.

follow your nose

▪ I don't really have a career plan - I just follow my nose.

▪ Turn left on 6th Avenue, then just follow your nose.

▪ Finding her was easy enough, I just followed my nose.

▪ I smelled the coffee and followed my nose.

▪ In search of an answer, you follow your nose, wherever it leads, actively pursuing the mystery.

▪ Lucky girl, Ruth thought miserably as she followed her nose to the kitchen, a choice of two men.

▪ She followed her nose, turning into a passage which led to the back of a small bakery.

▪ When the rooftop vanished behind a yellow bluff of gorse, you followed your nose.

▪ You are on the right track so follow your nose.

have your ears/nose etc pierced

▪ I am a female, mid-twenties and happen to have my nose pierced with one small silver ring.

have your nose/snout in the trough

it's no skin off sb's nose

lead sb by the nose

▪ He let her lead him by the nose.

look down your nose at sb/sth

▪ I can go in a shirt and jeans and no one looks down his nose at me.

▪ Besides, I didn't fancy going to the Chapel and having all the family looking down their noses at me.

▪ But I was not one to look down my nose at shabbiness.

▪ Don't look down their noses at you.

▪ Never had any man so looked down his nose at her.

▪ No more will I look down my nose at whining, spineless malcontents.

▪ Normally she looked down her nose at men and then ignored them unless they needed the sharp edge of her tongue.

▪ One who doesn't look down her nose at anybody.

▪ We looked down our noses at this pair of student hicks.

pay through the nose (for sth)

▪ Many people end up paying through the nose for their car insurance policies.

▪ But all-seaters don't mean all-safe so why should clubs risk bankruptcy and fans pay through the nose for an ill-conceived scheme?

▪ Catherine, paying through the nose to search for fun and relaxation.

▪ That doesn't mean you have to pay through the nose for the privilege of an overdraft, however.

▪ The message is that the government will cut a deal with any threatened industry willing to pay through the nose.

▪ They run over cross-country courses and pay through the nose for it.

pick your nose

▪ Davey, don't pick your nose!

▪ Centuries later the light brought two of the shepherds, the tall one picking his nose, and Douthwaite smirking.

▪ Edwina Currie was opening her post, Sir James Spicer was picking his nose.

▪ He wouldn't be allowed to fart or pick his nose or put his feet on the table.

▪ I just saw a man trying not to pick his nose behind his newspaper!

▪ Please don't pick your nose at the table.

▪ The toilet stank of urine, and at one point a chef was seen picking his nose while preparing food.

▪ The young Eric was looking away and picking his nose, looking bored.

▪ You have to watch them picking their noses.

poke your nose into sth

▪ Or maybe they resented a stranger poking his nose into their affairs?

powder your nose

▪ You get the drinks in - I'll just go and powder my nose.

▪ After the main course Vanessa disappeared to powder her nose.

▪ One way or another, I had drunk quite a bit this evening, but I didn't need to powder my nose.

rub sb's nose in it/in the dirt

strong nose/chin/features

▪ Beneath the strong nose was a dark moustache, thin and slicked down, which gave him a Latin look.

▪ Eyes closed, his strong features were peaceful in repose.

▪ He had a large square head, strong features, the worried look of a rustic crossing streets in the capital.

▪ I think Janir resembles her more, with his dark skin, curly hair and strong features.

▪ It actually detracts from one of email's strongest features-simplicity.

▪ She gets my goat sometimes with her long, strong nose and her self-assertion.

▪ She liked a man to have strong features.

▪ Sunlight reflected from the snow outside flashed off his rimless pince-nez perched on the bridge of his strong nose.

the bridge of your nose

▪ He drew an imaginary scarf across the bridge of his nose.

▪ He stopped, and pinched the bridge of his nose. ` Oh, I am sorry.

▪ Heavy black glasses perched on the bridge of his nose, but the effect was not severe.

▪ Her false teeth were encompassed in a loose smile and her glasses were low on the bridge of her nose.

▪ Marco takes off his glasses and pinches the bridge of his nose.

▪ She then brought her clenched fists down viciously on to the bridge of his nose.

▪ The lid fell on to the bridge of my nose.

▪ The low mewling sound it made indicated its displeasure; those long, clawed fingers rubbed the bridge of its nose.

thumb your nose at sb/sth

▪ This is yet another example of Republicans thumbing their nose at the poor.

▪ Faubus had again thumbed his nose at the judiciary by refusing to appear.

▪ Judges who thumb their noses at presidents are thought to be good for democracy.

▪ So long as he had the support of Sir Rufus Stone, he could thumb his nose at Cotton.

▪ The protestors were denigrating the primary symbol of the ordained ministry, they claimed, and thumbing their noses at the Church.

▪ Voters have thumbed their noses at it.

▪ Voters here have always been drawn to against-the-grain outsiders who make a career of thumbing their noses at party traditionalists.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

▪ Each missile carries 150 kilos of high explosive in its nose.

▪ Our dog has a very good nose, you know.

▪ Ripken's nose was broken when Hernandez accidentally hit him.

▪ The nose of the plane dipped as we came in to land.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ Fogarty avoided fistfights, but when they were unavoidable he packed his nose with the cotton he always carried.

▪ He clearly viewed my sharp nose and dark beard in a more favorable light than the starlets had.

▪ He squatted down, brushed a hand across the dirt floor, and put the hand to his nose.

▪ Like most modern decks the nose is double drilled: either 5 ¼ or 5 ¾ inch.

▪ Mr Taylor was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital where he received seven stitches to his nose.

▪ She smiled at him, but he buried his nose in his beer.

▪ Those who take that risk will get a bloody nose.

II.verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

around

▪ I holders cutters around nosed pliers a medium grade sandpaper, silver spray paint.

▪ Several reporters have been nosing around on the subject.

down

▪ On their way out they found it nose down in the field.

▪ At 12: 50 they nosed down and sighted Newfoundland, the Burin Peninsula, to the left.

▪ Then there's a steep approach when we nose down at 30 degrees.

▪ Now the Autocrat was nosing down the kerb.

▪ Each pilot wheeled out of the fictional sun, nosed down, and jockeyed his bouncing machine into a dive.

▪ The motoscafo, full of lights and people, went blindly on and nosed in at the wooden pier across the canal.

■ NOUN

way

▪ The taxi nosed its way back into the traffic as she introduced herself with a soft Cockney accent and a shy manner.