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nod

n. தலையாட்டம், அதிகாரத்தின் அடையாளமான தலையசைப்பு, (வினை.) தலையசை, தலையாட்டு, தலையாட்டி ஒப்புதல் அளி, தலையசைத்துக் கட்டளை தெரிவி, அரைகுறை உறக்க நிலையில் தலையை முன்னே சாயவிடு, அரைகுறை உறக்கம் கொள்.தள்ளாட, சாய், தன்னிறயாமல் தவறு செய்.


Nod, v. i. Etym: [OE. nodden; cf. OHG. kn, genuot, to shake, and E. nudge.] 1. To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes. 2. 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. 3. To be drowsy or dull; to be careless. Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Pope. 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. 2. To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation. 3. To cause to bend. [Poetic] By every wind that nods the mountain pine. Keats. Nod, n. 1. A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything. Like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. Shak. 2. 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. A look or a nod only ought to correct them [the children] when they do amiss. Locke. Nations obey my word and wait my nod. Prior. The land of Nod, sleep.


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