ether vs nose

ether

noun
  • The medium breathed by human beings; the air. 

  • The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness. 

  • Starting fluid. 

  • Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic. 

  • A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura. 

  • Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups. 

  • The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace. 

  • Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955). 

verb
  • To viciously humiliate or insult. 

nose

noun
  • The power of smelling. 

  • The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece. 

  • The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race. 

  • Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine. 

  • A downward projection from a cornice. 

  • The skill in recognising bouquet. 

  • A perfumer. 

  • An informer. 

  • A snout, the nose of an animal. 

  • A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. 

  • Skill at finding information. 

  • The tip of an object. 

verb
  • To furnish with a nose. 

  • 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. 

  • To detect by smell or as if by smell. 

  • To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to. 

  • To snoop. 

  • To move cautiously by advancing its front end. 

  • To push with one's nose; to nuzzle. 

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