nosed

An adjective used to describe a person or animal having a nose of a specified kind (e.g., 'snub-nosed', 'red-nosed').

• 🌐صفة تُستخدم لوصف شخص أو حيوان له أنف من نوع معين، مثل "أفطس" أو "أحمر الأنف". وتُستعمل عادةً في المركبات مثل black-nosed أو red-nosed.

1. Having a nose of a specified kind B2 formal

   Describes a person or animal with a particular type of nose, often used in compound adjectives.

   • The long-nosed dog sniffed the ground carefully.
   • She is a sharp-nosed detective who never misses a clue.
   • The red-nosed clown made the children laugh.

   🌐ذو أنف من نوع معين

• more nosed comparative form
• most nosed superlative form

A verb used to indicate the act of prying, snooping, or moving cautiously forward, often with a sense of curiosity or intrusion.

• 🌐فعل يدل على التلصص أو البحث عن المعلومات خفية أو التقدم بحذر وتحرٍّ، وغالبًا ما يحمل دلالة الفضول أو التدخل في شؤون الآخرين.

1. Move forward cautiously B2 informal

   To move forward slowly and carefully, especially in a vehicle.

   • The car nosed out of the narrow alley.
   • He nosed the boat into the dock.
   • The driver nosed through the heavy traffic.

   🌐التقدم بحذر

   المرادفات: creepeaseedgeinch

2. Pry or snoop B2 informal

   To look around or pry into something that is not one's business.

   • She was nosing around in his desk.
   • Stop nosing into my private affairs.
   • The detective nosed through the suspect's belongings.

   🌐حشر الأنف

   المرادفات: intrudemeddlepokeprysnoop

• nosed past participle
• nosed past simple
• nosing present participle
• noses third person singular

الصيغ المركّبة: nose out