nod : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nod	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for nod
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nod n a sign of assent or salutation or command the act of nodding the head v express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval" lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer" 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nod \Nod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nodded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nodding}.] 1. 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. 2. To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation. 3. To cause to bend. [Poetic] By every wind that nods the mountain pine. --Keats.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nod \Nod\, n. 1. A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything. Like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. --Shak. 2. 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. A look or a nod only ought to correct them [the children] when they do amiss. --Locke. Nations obey my word and wait my nod. --Prior. {The land of Nod}, sleep.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nod \Nod\, v. i. [OE. nodden; cf. OHG. kn[?]t[?]n, genuot[?]n, to shake, and E. nudge.] 1. To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes. 2. 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. To be drowsy or dull; to be careless. Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. --Pope.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nod exile; wandering; unrest, a name given to the country to which Cain fled (Gen.4:16). It lay on the east of Eden.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Nod, vagabond; fugitive