Nod: alternatives and connections

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and th…

Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).

An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; --…

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a cu…

A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.

To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.

A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressed rounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so reflexed as to…

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to…

tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber

To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to;…

any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers

The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which…

To lean or incline; to incline downward.

To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the e…

To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the win…