nodding
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˈnɑːdɪŋ/
- The garden was full of flowers with nodding heads, gently swaying in the breeze.
Examples
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As the storm approached, the trees had their nodding branches, weighed down by the rain.
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See a lot of nodding heads and you can spend so much time on one piece that you don't get to the other pieces.
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He said by the twinkle in his eye and the nodding of his head.
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And OK, I've got a lot of nodding heads here, so I think I'm saying unsafe ground.
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So but it's it's being around people that when I talk to someone about my problems, they're a nodding head and not a that's that's not good.
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So but it's, it's being around people that when I talk to someone about my problems, they're a nodding head and not a that's, that's not good.
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The artist painted a scene with nodding sunflowers, their heads drooping toward the ground.
Synonyms
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3.5
Hanging down because it is weak or not held up
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4.1
Having long branches that hang down like a willow tree
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7.7
Hangs down loosely, like branches or flower stems
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9.1
A leaf or petal bent sharply downward and outward
Bending or hanging down like plant stems and flower heads
Compounds
A plant with bent stalks and small yellow flower clusters that grows in wet places in the southwestern United States
A wild North American plant with a small onion bulb and drooping white or pink flowers
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Morphology
Etymology
The word nodding comes from the simple verb nod, which means 'to move the head up and down'. Imagine a flower bending forward as if it is nodding, and you can see why nodding means 'bending or drooping downward'.