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Nodding   /nˈɑdɪŋ/   Listen
Nodding

adjective
1.
Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.  Synonyms: cernuous, drooping, pendulous, weeping.  "The pendulous branches of a weeping willow" , "Lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"


Nod

verb
(past & past part. nodded; pres. part. nodding)
1.
Express or signify by nodding.
2.
Lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation.
3.
Let the head fall forward through drowsiness.
4.
Sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion.
5.
Be almost asleep.



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"Nodding" Quotes from Famous Books



... there's likely to be trouble up above," went on the foreman, nodding in the direction ...
— Tom Swift and his Giant Cannon - or, The Longest Shots on Record • Victor Appleton
... died away in the west, the silver lustre of the full moon brightened the eastern sky. Theodora's gown was damp with the falling dew, as they rolled quietly on between fields pale with sleepy daisies and nodding buttercups. One by one, the cows in the pastures stopped grazing and lay down to rest; while, above their heads, the birds drowsily exchanged sweet good-nights. Then the last glow faded from the west, and the ...
— Teddy: Her Book - A Story of Sweet Sixteen • Anna Chapin Ray
... girls' layout," said Bert Fayre, nodding his head sagaciously; "no fellows ever set up that dinky business! But it ...
— Two Little Women • Carolyn Wells
... which there were more rooms beyond which no one would have suspected. Job had a way of shaking hands with you with his right hand, while his left hand was casually doing something else in a detached sort of way. 'Yes, sir,' and 'No, sir,' and nodding to everything you said all so complaisant, but at the end of the bargain you generally found yourself a few shillings in some roundabout manner on the wrong side. Job had a lot of shut-up rooms in his house and in his character, which never seemed ...
— Field and Hedgerow • Richard Jefferies
... lazy contentment, and then started up in remembrance of the occasion of our being in this place as the shadow of Mother Borton fell across the table. Her keen eyes fixed on me and her sharp beak nodding toward me gave her the uncanny aspect of a bird of prey, and I felt a sinking of courage ...
— Blindfolded • Earle Ashley Walcott


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