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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



... I own," he interrupted, soothingly, nodding his head respectfully up and down. "To tell the truth, I've been so immensely interested in you,—in Carlisle the woman,—that I haven't seemed able to make proper allowance for your—your other interests. I promise to turn over ...
— V. V.'s Eyes • Henry Sydnor Harrison

... you've brought us here," said the Cornal, nudging his brother and nodding in Gilian's direction. "I've seen some real diverts in my time, but he beats all. And you have a notion to make a soger of him, they tell me. You heard ...
— Gilian The Dreamer - His Fancy, His Love and Adventure • Neil Munro

... Lavis, nodding that he saw, helped her carefully to her feet, and led her through the now unguarded gate, and by way of several ladders, to that high deck where ...
— Sonnie-Boy's People • James B. Connolly

... "I understand," he replied, nodding his head in assent to her wishes. He told her his name was Jean Duret, and by-and-by she called him Jean, and he called her Lurine. He never haunted the Pharmacie now, but waited for her at the corner, ...
— The Face And The Mask • Robert Barr

... his emdjek,[20] Saphir-Ali, the son of one of the poor beks of Bouinaki, a young man of an agreeable exterior, and simple, cheerful character. He had grown up with Ammalat, and therefore treated him with great familiarity. He leaped from his horse, and nodding his head, exclaimed—"Nouker Memet Rasoul has knocked up the old cropped[21] stallion, in trying to leap him over a ditch seven paces wide." "And did he leap it?" cried Ammalat impatiently. "Bring him instantly to me!" He went to meet the horse—and without putting his foot ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXIX. - March, 1843, Vol. LIII. • Various


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