Thesaurus: nod

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1. v. i. To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
2. v. i. 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.
3. v. i. To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.
4. v. t. 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.
5. v. t. To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
6. v. t. To cause to bend.
7. n. A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
8. n. 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.
9. n. a sign of assent or salutation or command
10. n. the act of nodding the head
11. v. express or signify by nodding
12. v. lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation