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# nostril

noun (a nostril, nostrils)

«nostril» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

One of the two openings at the end of your nose that air goes in and out through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nostril/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about the body and senses: we breathe and smell through our nostrils; tiny hairs and mucus inside trap dust and germs. In animals: whales breathe through a blowhole, which is their nostril; horses flare their nostrils. Safety: never push small objects into your nostrils.

### Examples

- Air goes in through your nostrils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nostril/#x1)
- Hairs in your nostrils catch dust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nostril/#x2)
- The horse flared its nostrils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nostril/#x3)
- Never put beads up your nostril. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nostril/#x4)
- A whale's blowhole is its nostril. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nostril/#x5)
- Breathe in slowly through your nostrils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nostril/#x6)
- My left nostril is blocked because of my cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nostril/#x7)
- And now her nostrils are twitching. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nostril/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a nostril, nostrils (we each have two). Spelling: «nostril» ends in «-il», not «-al». Breathing through the nose warms and cleans the air better than breathing through the mouth.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: God breathed the breath of life into the first man's nostrils, which tradition reads as giving him a soul. In the primary lessons: In science lessons about the body and senses: we breathe and smell through our nostrils; tiny hairs and mucus inside trap dust and germs. In animals: whales breathe through a blowhole, which is their nostril; horses flare their nostrils. Safety: never push small objects into your nostrils.

### Examples

- all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died. (Torah GEN.7.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nostril/#x1)
- Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Torah GEN.2.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nostril/#x2)
- And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up — the floods stood upright as a heap; the deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. (Torah EXO.15.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nostril/#x3)
- Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes. (Writings JOB.41.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nostril/#x4)
- All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, (Writings JOB.27.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nostril/#x5)
- Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted! (Prophets ISA.2.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nostril/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a nostril, nostrils (we each have two). Spelling: «nostril» ends in «-il», not «-al». Breathing through the nose warms and cleans the air better than breathing through the mouth.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nostril» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nostril/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nostril» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nostril.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «nostril» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nostril/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nostril» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/nostril.html) on Mova free.