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DEFINITIONS OF: nod

1

v lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation

“The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer”
Type of:
communicate, intercommunicate
transmit thoughts or feelings

v express or signify by nodding

“He nodded his approval”
Type of:
gesticulate, gesture, motion
show, express or direct through movement

v let the head fall forward through drowsiness

“The old man was nodding in his chair”

v be almost asleep

“The old man sat nodding by the fireplace”
Type of:
drowse
be on the verge of sleeping

v sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion

“the flowers were nodding in the breeze”
Type of:
move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

n the act of nodding the head

Types:
nutation
uncontrolled nodding
Type of:
inclination, inclining
the act of inclining; bending forward

n a sign of assent or salutation or command

Type of:
gesture, motion
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
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