nod 
nod (näd)
intransitive verb nodded nod′·ded, nodding nod′·ding
- to bend the head forward slightly and raise it again quickly, as a sign of greeting, command, acknowledgment, invitation, or, specif., of agreement or assent
- to let the head fall forward involuntarily because of drowsiness; be very sleepy
- to be inattentive or careless; make a slip
- to sway back and forth or up and down, or to hang down, as the tops of trees, flowers, plumes, etc.
- Slang to be under the influence of a drug, as heroin
Etymology: ME nodden, prob. in basic sense “to shake the head,” akin to Ger notten, to move about, OHG hnotōn, to shake, OE hnossian, to knock < IE *kneudh < base *ken-, to scratch, scrape > nip
transitive verb
- to bend (the head) forward slightly and raise it again quickly
- to signify (assent, approval, agreement, etc.) by doing this
- to invite or dismiss by a nod
noun
- a nodding, as of the head, treetops, etc.
- a sign of affirmation, assent, favorable decision, etc. to give or get the nod
nod off
nod out
nod
n.
A slight bow
dip, inclination, greeting; see bow 2.*Approval; usually used with the
acceptance, affirmative answer, yes; see permission.
nod
v.
Object
- assent: He nods a pop-eyed assent to everything the maid is telling.
Adjective modifier
- cursory: There is a cursory nod in the direction of fiction: three brief extracts from Dickens's Pickwick Papers are included.
- polite: Contents: Briony Amariel Avim Tarot glances around with a polite nod, moving away from the mirror.
- slight: In China, meetings start with the shaking of hands and a slight nod of the head.
- token: Their resolution was vague and patchy, with a token nod to socialism.
- occasional: Most of us life day to day in the material world, with an occasional nod in the direction of the spiritual.
Preposition: in
- agreement: His wife, Vanessa, an interior designers, sitting next to him at the table, nods in agreement.
- direction: There is a cursory nod in the direction of fiction: three brief extracts from Dickens's Pickwick Papers are included.
Preposition: of
- assent: A general nod of assent did the rounds of the group.
- approval: This time he gave it his nod of approval.
- acknowledgment: We all sat bravely not saying anything to each other just giving polite nods of acknowledgment.
With ravished ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres.
And Cain went out from the presence of the L, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
In the Land of Nod at last.
Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope, and nod on the parterre, Deep harvests bury all his pride has planned, And laughing Ceres re-assume the land.
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