NODDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nodding mean? 

• NODDING (adjective)
  The adjective NODDING has 1 sense:

1. having branches or flower heads that bend downward

  Familiarity information: NODDING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NODDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having branches or flower heads that bend downward

Synonyms:

cernuous; drooping; nodding; pendulous; weeping

Context example:

lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers

Similar:

unerect (not upright in position or posture)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

 Context examples 

“Oh!” said Miss Dartle, nodding her head thoughtfully.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“This is my room, sir,” said Belcher, nodding to a door upon the right.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I am the law!”—nodding his head solemnly.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There's a man, says Captain Smollett, nodding towards him, new to this work.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The Clown put his hands in his pockets, and after puffing out his cheeks and nodding his head at them saucily, he said: (...)

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

She would have ordered the carriage, and come to you, but she must see you alone, and that you know—(nodding towards her father)—Humph!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

"Yes, I know," said Laurie, nodding wisely.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“That is a question you must settle with Mr. Van Weyden there,” he replied, nodding to me with a mischievous twinkle.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“That was it,” said Holmes, nodding approvingly; “I have no doubt of it. But have you never been prosecuted for begging?”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Tut, it is only a scratch through my own clumsiness,” he answered, nodding his good-mornings to us.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)