| slovo | definícia |
nodding
(encz) | nodding,přikyvování |
Nodding
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
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3. To cause to bend. [Poetic]
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By every wind that nods the mountain pine. --Keats.
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Nodding
(gcide) | Nodding \Nod"ding\, a.
Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent
downward.
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nodding
(wn) | nodding
adj 1: having branches or flower heads that bend downward;
"nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping
willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant
flowers" [syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding,
pendulous, weeping] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
nodding groundsel
(encz) | nodding groundsel, n: |
nodding onion
(encz) | nodding onion, n: |
nodding thistle
(encz) | nodding thistle, n: |
nodding wild onion
(encz) | nodding wild onion, n: |
Nodding
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
[1913 Webster]
3. To cause to bend. [Poetic]
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By every wind that nods the mountain pine. --Keats.
[1913 Webster]Nodding \Nod"ding\, a.
Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent
downward.
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nodding groundsel
(wn) | nodding groundsel
n 1: plant with erect leafy stems bearing clusters of rayless
yellow flower heads on bent individual stalks; moist
regions of southwestern United States [syn: {nodding
groundsel}, Senecio bigelovii] |
nodding onion
(wn) | nodding onion
n 1: widely distributed North American wild onion with white to
rose flowers [syn: nodding onion, nodding wild onion,
lady's leek, Allium cernuum] |
nodding thistle
(wn) | nodding thistle
n 1: Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America
having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky
crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar [syn: {musk
thistle}, nodding thistle, Carduus nutans] |
nodding wild onion
(wn) | nodding wild onion
n 1: widely distributed North American wild onion with white to
rose flowers [syn: nodding onion, nodding wild onion,
lady's leek, Allium cernuum] |
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