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UK
/nˈɒd/
]
[ US /ˈnɑd/ ]
[ US /ˈnɑd/ ]
VERB
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express or signify by nodding
He nodded his approval -
let the head fall forward through drowsiness
The old man was nodding in his chair -
sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion
the flowers were nodding in the breeze -
be almost asleep
The old man sat nodding by the fireplace -
lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation
The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer
NOUN
- a sign of assent or salutation or command
- the act of nodding the head
How To Use nod In A Sentence
- Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
- These constricted unmyelinated regions are called nodes of Ran-vier (rahn-vee-ay), after the French histologist Louis Antoine The Human Brain
- Her expression masked, she nodded toward the remaining stragglers veering toward their cars. Captured by Moonlight
- Her words came so fast that I cannot attempt their semblance here, and her voice rose and fell in a kind of querulous chant to which sometimes she nodded her head, as if she was beating the time. The Fool Errant
- She nodded, leading the septuplets inside.
- And there was no response in effect to nutrient content grads of internode length and ramets amount.
- J.C. nodded and I followed him down into the dark dankness of Zacharis' unfinished basement. The Dog Catcher
- Zach nodded his head as wiped the snot away from his nose with his hand.
- She could only nod, because her mouth was full.
- Ky nodded, and pulled out a beaten coin - a copper coin, not wood, I think.
