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Past tense for to detect by smell, or as if by smell
“After pouring a finger of your chosen whisky, briefly nose the glass.”
Past tense for to thrust one's nose against or into something
“Two or three of the big brown rats snuck out to twitch and nose through the trash.”
Past tense for to look around or pry into something
“It was great fun to nose around in the affairs of people who were no longer around to resent the intrusion.”
Past tense for to move very slowly (towards something)
“Just after sunrise on March 9, 1968, a few decrepit and dented assault craft nose slowly through the thin tropical fog.”
(of a person or animal) Past tense for to move about restlessly and stealthily, especially in search of prey
Past tense for to move somewhere in a slow and steady way
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