Definition of
nodding has definitions from the field of biology
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[ adjective ] (biology) having branches or flower heads that bend downward

Synonyms

drooping pendulous cernuous

Examples

"nodding daffodils" "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow" "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"

Related terms

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[ adjective ] half asleep

Synonyms

drowsing dozy dozing napping drowsy

Examples

"made drowsy by the long ride" "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor" "a tired dozy child" "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair"

Related terms

asleep

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Rhymes with

dowding prodding plodding bonding confounding unwinding ending sounding confiding winding rounding pounding coinciding bounding landing banding finding funding binding founding padding budding corresponding longstanding ding blinding branding grinding standing grounding riding siding guiding guarding pending sending lending mending vending tending bending rending wounding unloading encoding chiding hiding expounding outstanding crowding notwithstanding clouding demanding understanding expanding abounding surrounding resounding compounding astounding misunderstanding commanding marauding harding balding boarding blending spending shrouding conceding invading sliding flooding wilding gliding expending pretending unending descending defending contending condescending offending unbending attending impending rescinding upstanding freestanding spellbinding ascending bedding disregarding discarding coding loading bidding hoarding regarding goading pudding scalding abiding subsiding intruding inbreeding wedding wading ceding voiding seeding leading lading redding reading raiding feeding wording fading dividing deciding moulding molding awarding according rewarding recording forwarding providing concluding shedding shading including heading herding skateboarding pleading brooding breeding bleeding blockading braiding trading unfolding backsliding scaffolding unyielding forbidding eroding building overriding sledding grading speeding spreading beheading exploding decoding foreboding yielding welding golding gilding folding fielding proceeding impeding protruding eluding shielding holding railroading landholding shareholding stockholding rebuilding exceeding preceding proceeding degrading pervading succeeding misleading misreading scolding forbidding receding shipbuilding beholding withholding featherbedding

Phonetic and Homophones

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