Word: nosing
To move cautiously by advancing its front end. Example: The ship nosed through the minefield.
To snoop. Example: She was nosing around other people’s business.
To detect by smell or as if by smell.
To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang. Example: to nose a prayer
To furnish with a nose. Example: to nose a stair tread
To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
An animal's pushing or exploration with the nose.
That part of the treadboard of a stair that projects over the riser.
Any similar projection, such as the projecting edge of a moulding.
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