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nostril Definition

nos·tril (näs′trəl)

noun

  1. either of the external openings of the nose
  2. the fleshy wall on either side of the nose with flaring nostrils

Etymology: ME nosethirl < OE nosthyrl < nos, for nosu, the nose + thyrel, a hole < thurh, through: see nose & through

nostril Synonyms

nostril

n.

nasal passage, nasal opening, snout; see nose 1.

nostril Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • flare: He raised his eyebrows, then blew out a jet of air between flared nostrils.
  • have: It had a long jaw with 80 pointed teeth, it also had nostrils at the upper jaws tip.
  • pinch: Apply direct pressure by having the player pinch the nostrils with the fingers.
  • quiver: He drew himself up instead to face death, with a quivering nostril.
  • leave: They removed the brain by placing a chisel up the left nostril and breaking through the skull.
  • dilate: Breathing in through dilated nostrils opens their lungs to their fullest capacity.

Adjective modifier

  • left: Each of them passes to his seat along different parts of the right or left nostril.
  • right: The to demand bearded white around at a whip of the hair japanese man style follicle his right black men nostrils rotting him.
  • wide: HEAD " Clean cut face; wide forehead; wide nostrils " .
  • other: The NG tube is placed through the other nostril.
  • large: The nose, which is well set between the eyes, should be short and broad with large open nostrils.
  • open: The nose, which is well set between the eyes, should be short and broad with large open nostrils.

Modifies a noun

  • area: Men and women who want to correct the disproportionate or irregular shape of either their profile, bridge, nasal tip or nostril area.
  • spread: The mouth is pursed, the nostril spread and drawn up, the eyebrows very highly arched.
  • flare: Her dark eyes are rimmed with white and her pink nostrils flare with quick, explosive breaths.

Possessives

  • horse: Try taking a fly fringe and attaching it to the nose band so it hangs over the horse's nostrils.
  • man: When God breathed His own breath into man's nostrils He, in fact conferred upon him an immortal existence.
  • baby: Line baby up with the mom's nipple pointing toward baby's nostrils.

Preposition: of

  • man: In Genesis 2:7 God breathed into the nostrils of man who was made from dust of the earth.

Preposition: with

  • finger: Apply direct pressure by having the player pinch the nostrils with the fingers.