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nodding |
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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