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Webster 1913 Edition

Nod

Nod

(nŏd)
,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
nodden
; cf. OHG.
knōtōn
, ge
nuotōn
, 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 careless or inattentive; to make a mistake from lack of attention.
Nor is it Homer
nods
, but we that dream.
Pope.

Nod

,
Verb.
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

(nŏd)
,
Noun.
1.
A dropping or bending forward of the upper part or top of anything.
Like a drunken sailor on a mast,
Ready with every
nod
to tumble down.
Shakespeare
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;
as, a
nod
of approval
.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nod

NOD

,
Verb.
I.
[Gr. contracted; a nod; to nod, to beckon, a leap a spring; to leap, to throb or beat, as the pulse]
1.
To incline the head with a quick motion, either forward or sidewise, as persons nod in sleep.
2.
To bend or incline with a quick motion; as nodding plumes.
The nodding verdure of its brow.
3.
To be drowsy.
Your predecessors, contrary to other authors, never pleased their readers more than when they were nodding.
4.
To make a slight bow; also, to beckon with a nod.

NOD

,
Verb.
T.
To incline or bend; to shake.

NOD

,
Noun.
1.
A quick declination of the head.
A look or a nod only ought to correct them when they do amiss.
2.
A quick declination or inclination.
Like a drunken sailor on a mast, ready with every nod to tumble down.
3.
A quick inclination of the head in drowsiness or sleep.
4.
A slight obeisance.
5.
A command; as in L. numen, for nutamen.

Definition 2024

nöd

nöd

See also: nod, NOD, nód, -nod, and -nöd

Swedish

Noun

nöd c

  1. a want, a need, a famine, a trouble
    Unga lejon lida nöd och hungra
    The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger (Psalms 34:10)
    och vi kommo med knapp nöd inemot Knidus. ... Det var med knapp nöd som vi kommo där förbi
    and scarce were come over against Cnidus, ... And, hardly passing it (Acts 27:7-8)
    han som tröstar oss i all vår nöd, så att vi genom den tröst vi själva undfå av Gud kunna trösta dem som äro stadda i allahanda nöd.
    Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. (2 Corinthians 1:4)

Declension

Inflection of nöd 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nöd nöden nöder nöderna
Genitive nöds nödens nöders nödernas

Related terms

  • hungersnöd
  • nödd
  • nödbedd
  • nödfall
  • nödig
  • nödlarm
  • nödlösning
  • nödsituation
  • nödtorftig

Etymology

From Old Norse nauð, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, *nauþiz.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -øːd

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