Nod

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To cause to bend.

II. Nod ·vi To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.

III. Nod ·vt To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.

IV. Nod ·noun A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.

V. Nod ·vi To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.

VI. Nod ·vt 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.

VII. Nod ·noun 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.

VIII. Nod ·vi 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.