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nosed

  • past participle
    of nose.
    nose
    noun
    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.
  • past tense form
    of nose.
    nose
    noun
    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.

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The versatile guitar nosed its way into every type of musical ensemble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

The champions nosed ahead through a Lewandowski penalty on 10 minutes after Marcos Alonso handled Fermin Lopez's shot, but Celta equalised a minute later.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025

Norris had previously nosed slightly ahead on the straight approaching the corner.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024

In the current year alone, record sales have nosed ahead of compact discs.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

Northwest of downtown, in the old Scandinavian neighborhood of Ballard, tugboats belching plumes of black smoke nosed long rafts of logs into the locks that would raise them to the level of Lake Washington.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown