3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nod \Nod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nodded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Nodding}.]
1. To incline or bend, as the head or top to make a motion
of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with as to
nod the head.
2. To signify by a nod; as to nod approbation.
3. To cause to bend. [Poetic]
By every wind that nods the mountain pine. --Keats.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nodding \Nod"ding\, a.
Curved so that the apex hangs down having the top bent
downward.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nodding
adj 1: (biology) having branches or flower heads that bend
downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches
of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles
of fragrant flowers" [syn: {cernuous}, {drooping}, {pendulous}]
2: half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a
pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a
tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother
in her rocking chair" [syn: {drowsy}, {drowsing(a)}, {dozy},
{dozing(a)}, {napping(a)}, {nodding(a)}]
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