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the part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal,
containing the nostrils and used for breathing and smelling.
SUBSENSE
the sense of smell,
especially a dog's ability to
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track something by its scent:
dence are
a dog with a keen nose.
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Within each part of speech the first definition given is the core sense. The general
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principle on which the senses in the Oxford Dictionary of English are organized is
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that each word has at least one core meaning, to which a number of subsenses
histories,
may be attached. If there is more than one core sense (see below), this is
nse to a
introduced by a bold sense number. Core meanings represent typical, central uses
the
of the word in question in modern standard English, as established by research on
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and analysis of the Oxford English Corpus and other citation databases. The core
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meaning is the one accepted by native speakers as the most literal and central in
ordinary modern usage. This is not necessarily the same as the oldest meaning,
because word meanings change over time. Nor is it necessarily the most frequent
meaning, because sometimes the most frequently used modern sense of a word is
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a figurative one.
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The core sense also acts as a gateway to other, related subsenses. These
subsenses are grouped under the core sense, each one being introduced by a solid
square symbol.
There is a logical relationship between each subsense and the core sense under
which it appears. The organization of senses according to this logical relationship is
designed to help the user, not only in being able to navigate the entry more easily
and find relevant senses more readily, but also in building up an understanding of
how senses in the language relate to one another and how the language is
constructed on this model. The main types of relationship of core sense to
subsense are as follows:
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nose
CORE SENSE
SUBSENSE
figurative an instinctive
talent for detecting
something:
he has a nose for a
good script.
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SUBSENSE
the aroma of a particular
substance, especially
wine.