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Meaning of ناک in English

  • Of or pertaining to the nose.
  • Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
  • An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.
  • A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
  • Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
  • One of the nasal bones.
  • A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
  • Having a nice sense of smell.
  • Critically nice; captious.
  • The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.
  • The power of smelling; hence, scent.
  • A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.
  • To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
  • To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
  • To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
  • To smell; to sniff; to scent.
  • To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
  • Destitute of a nose.
  • The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.
  • A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
  • A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
  • An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious, abounding in grace; arduous, full of ardor; bulbous, having bulbs, bulblike; riotous, poisonous, piteous, joyous, etc.
  • A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.

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