NOD
\nˈɒd], \nˈɒd], \n_ˈɒ_d]\
Definitions of NOD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a sign of assent or salutation or command
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be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"
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let the head fall forward through drowsiness; "The old man was nodding in his chair"
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express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval"
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lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer"
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sway gently back and forth, as is in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze"
By Princeton University
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a sign of assent or salutation or command
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be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"
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let the head fall forward through drowsiness; "The old man was nodding in his chair"
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lower and raise the head, so as to indicate assent
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express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
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To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.
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To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.
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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.
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To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
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To cause to bend.
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A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
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A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command.
By Oddity Software
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To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
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To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.
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To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.
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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.
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To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
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To cause to bend.
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A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
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A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command.
By Noah Webster.
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To cause to bend.
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A quick inclination of the head; a command.
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To signify by a quick inclination of the head; incline or bend with a quick movement.
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Nodded.
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Nodding.
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To incline or bend the top with a quick, forward motion; as, flowers nod in the breeze; to bend the head in token of assent, etc.; to be drowsy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To give a quick forward motion of the head: to bend the head in assent: to salute by a quick motion of the head: to let the head drop in weariness.
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To incline: to signify by a nod:-pr.p. nodding; pa.t. and pa.p. nodded.
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A bending forward of the head quickly: a slight bow: a command.
By Daniel Lyons
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A quick bend of the head, slight bow.
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To incline quickly, move the head, totter.
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To incline, bow the head.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A quick declination or inclination, as of the head; a slight obeisance; a command.
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To incline or bend.
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To incline, as the head, with a quick motion; to be drowsy; to make a slight bow or beckon with the head.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A movement as if striking with the head; a slight quick inclination of the head as a token of recognition; a quick movement forward or sidewise of the head in drowsiness or sleep, while in a sitting or upright posture; a command.
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To signify by a slight and quick bending of the head; to be drowsy; to make a slight bow; to beckon with a nod.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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