[{"word":"nosing","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To move cautiously by advancing its front end.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The ship nosed through the minefield."},{"definition":"To snoop.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She was nosing around other people’s business."},{"definition":"To detect by smell or as if by smell.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to nose a prayer"},{"definition":"To furnish with a nose.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to nose a stair tread"},{"definition":"To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An animal's pushing or exploration with the nose.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"That part of the treadboard of a stair that projects over the riser.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any similar projection, such as the projecting edge of a moulding.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nose","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nosing"]}]