1. (botany) having branches or flower heads that bend downward
   "nodding daffodils";
   - cernuous, drooping, pendulous, weeping

1. Lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent, agreement or confirmation
   "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer"
    
2. Express or signify by nodding
   "He nodded his approval"
    
3. Sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion
   "the flowers were nodding in the breeze"
    
4. Let the head fall forward through drowsiness
   "The old man was nodding in his chair"
    
5. Be almost asleep
   "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"

See also: unerect

Type of: communicate, drowse, gesticulate, gesture, intercommunicate, motion, move

Encyclopedia: Nodding