"nose out" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "noses out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nosing out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nosed out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nosed out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "nose out (third-person singular simple present noses out, present participle nosing out, simple past and past participle nosed out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "35 37 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 38 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 12, Yogesh Avasthi, “It’s a dog’s life for railway sniffers”, in Ahmedabad Mirror",
          "text": "Trained to nose out anything from a hidden handgun to a cache of dynamite, the dogs are employed to check important trains like Rajdhani Express or Ashram Express when they arrive at the platform.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1837, Charles F. Partington, The british cyclopedia of natural history",
          "text": "In the second place, do sharks really follow ships, when there are corpses on board, more than they do at other times ? and if so, by what particular organisation does a fish in the water continue to nose out the particular origin and direction of an effluvium...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find using one's sense of smell."
      ],
      "id": "en-nose_out-en-verb-OOg24Pg3",
      "links": [
        [
          "smell",
          "smell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To find using one's sense of smell."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "73 26 1",
          "sense": "find by sense of smell",
          "word": "sniff out"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 37 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 38 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find by searching."
      ],
      "id": "en-nose_out-en-verb-qSYqdeKl",
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal, figuratively) To find by searching."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "13 85 1",
          "sense": "find by searching",
          "word": "sniff out"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 37 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 38 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post",
          "text": "We were nosed out for the pennant that year,",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 3, Ron Gierkink, “Atlantic Hurricane beats Embur's Song”, in ESPN",
          "text": "Rashnaa nosed out Amiable Grace to finish a distant third in a field reduced to seven after the scratches of Comic Marvel and Dance to the Moon...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To defeat by a small margin."
      ],
      "id": "en-nose_out-en-verb-u-Ypvb7X",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To defeat by a small margin."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
          "sense": "defeat by a small margin",
          "word": "edge out"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nose out"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "noses out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nosing out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nosed out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nosed out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "nose out (third-person singular simple present noses out, present participle nosing out, simple past and past participle nosed out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 12, Yogesh Avasthi, “It’s a dog’s life for railway sniffers”, in Ahmedabad Mirror",
          "text": "Trained to nose out anything from a hidden handgun to a cache of dynamite, the dogs are employed to check important trains like Rajdhani Express or Ashram Express when they arrive at the platform.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1837, Charles F. Partington, The british cyclopedia of natural history",
          "text": "In the second place, do sharks really follow ships, when there are corpses on board, more than they do at other times ? and if so, by what particular organisation does a fish in the water continue to nose out the particular origin and direction of an effluvium...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find using one's sense of smell."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "smell",
          "smell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To find using one's sense of smell."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find by searching."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal, figuratively) To find by searching."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post",
          "text": "We were nosed out for the pennant that year,",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 3, Ron Gierkink, “Atlantic Hurricane beats Embur's Song”, in ESPN",
          "text": "Rashnaa nosed out Amiable Grace to finish a distant third in a field reduced to seven after the scratches of Comic Marvel and Dance to the Moon...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To defeat by a small margin."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To defeat by a small margin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "find by sense of smell",
      "word": "sniff out"
    },
    {
      "sense": "find by searching",
      "word": "sniff out"
    },
    {
      "sense": "defeat by a small margin",
      "word": "edge out"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nose out"
}