Past tense of nose
regular verb
The past tense of nose is nosed. The past participle is also nosed.
Forms of nose
| Base form (V1) | nose [nəʊ̯z] |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | nosed /nəʊ̯zd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | nosed /nəʊ̯zd/ |
| Present participle | nosing |
| Third person singular | noses |
Nosed in a sentence
- The ship nosed through the minefield.
- Jake came up to the stall and stroked his neck while Jasper nosed around Jake's coat pocket.2023, J. D. Arnold, Rawhide Jake: Learning the Ropes, →ISBN. From the entry nose around
- Storm sprang onto the bed and nosed around her with his whiskers.2013, Deborah Bedford, Blessing, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry nose around
- Pan loafy people can also be very stuffy and toffee nosed and hence arrogant.1993, K Stephen, “Proud to be British?”, in soc.culture.british (Usenet). From the entry pan-loafy
- There was a rusted blitz truck nosed into the bushes.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 287. From the entry blitz truck
Meaning of nose
- noun A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- noun A snout, the nose of an animal.
- noun The tip of an object.
Questions about the past tense of nose
- What is the past tense of nose?
- The past tense of nose is nosed.
- What is the past participle of nose?
- The past participle of nose is nosed.
- Is nose a regular or irregular verb?
- Nose is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nose (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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