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say it: nahd
nod is a verb and noun meaning "express or signify by nodding". It is pronounced /ˈnɑd/ — nahd. It carries 7 recorded senses.
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”
a sign of assent or salutation or command
the act of nodding the head
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for nod come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.