Meaning

9 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

    nicken

    кива́тьkivátʹ, кивну́тьkivnútʹ

    кива́тиkyváty, кивну́тиkyvnúty

    lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation

  2. (ambitransitive)To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.

  3. (ambitransitive)To sway, move up and down.

  4. (intransitive)To gradually fall asleep.

    einnicken

    клева́ть но́сомklevátʹ nósom, задрема́тьzadremátʹ, дрема́тьdremátʹ

    be almost asleep

  5. (transitive)To signify by a nod.

    They nodded their assent.

    express or signify by nodding

  6. (intransitive)To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired

    Even Homer nods.

  7. (intransitive, transitive)To head; to strike the ball with one's head.

    Jones nods the ball back to his goalkeeper.

  8. (figuratively, intransitive)To allude to something.

  9. (intransitive, slang)To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.

Examples

322 sentences
  1. I nodded to show that I agreed.

    Я кивнув на знак згоди.

    ruЯ кивнул, чтобы показать, что согласен.

    deIch nickte zum Zeichen, dass ich zustimmte.

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  2. My grandfather nodded and smiled at me.

    Мій дід кивнув головую на посміхнувся мені.

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  3. He nodded to me as he passed.

    Проходячи повз, він кивнув мені.

    deEr nickte mir im Vorbeigehen zu.

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  4. I nodded and left.

    Я кивнув і пішов.

    ruЯ кивнул и вышел.

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  5. Tom gave Mary a nod.

    Том кивнув Мері.

    ruТом кивнул Мэри.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
incline the head up and down:
Русский
By meaning 2
incline the head up and down:
gradually fall asleep:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
incline the head up and down:
gradually fall asleep:

Origin

From Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, sha

From Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, shake the head”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnodōn, from Proto-Germanic *hnudōną (“to beat, rivet, pound, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *kendʰ-, from *ken- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Compare Old High German hnotōn (“to shake”), hnutten (“to shake, rattle, vibrate”) (> modern dialectal German notteln, nütteln (“to rock, move back and forth”)), Faroese njóða (“to clench a nail”), Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”), Faroese noða (“to double by bending”), Icelandic hnoða (“to clinch, rivet”).

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Forms

nods, nodding, nodded, nodded
Base formnod · to nod
3rd person singularnods
Present participlenodding
Past simplenodded
Past participlenodded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynod
he, she, itnods

Past simpleLesson

all personsnodded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nodded
he, she, ithas nodded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nod

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • nodded in agreement
  • nodded his head
  • nodded to each
  • with a nod

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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