nod

/nɒd/

US pronunciation

American sound/nɒd/

nod

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> nod

Myanmar meaning

(n) ခေါင်းညိတ်ခြင်း။ ခေါင်းညိတ်ပြခြင်း။ သဘောတူခြင်း။ nods (v) ခေါင်းညိတ်သည်။ ခေါင်းညိတ်ပြသည်။။ ခေါင်းတစ်ညိမ့်ညိမ့်လုပ်သည်။ ပန်းစသည် လေ၌တစ်ညိမ့်ညိမ့်လှုပ်ရှားနေသည်။ nods, nodded, nodding

Full entry

nod /nɒd/ v (-dd- )

၁။ (က) ခေါင်းညိတ်သည်။ She nodded (her head) in agreement. ❍ I asked her if she wanted to come and she nodded. ❍ She nodded her approval. (ခ) ~ sth(at/ to sb) ခေါင်းညိတ်ပြသည်။ nod a greeting ❍ He nodded to me in welcome. ❍ He nodded to me to leave the room. (ဂ) ~ (to/ towards sb/ sth) မေးထိုး၍ ညွှန်ပြ သည်။ I asked where his wife was and he nodded towards the garden.
၂။ ခေါင်းတညိတ်ညိတ် လုပ်သည်။ He sat nodding in time to the music.
၃။ ခေါင်းငိုက်စိုက်ကျသည်။ He sat nodding by the fire.
၄။ (ပန်း စသည်) လေ၌ တညိတ်ညိတ် လှုပ်ရှားနေသည်။ nodding pansies.
n ခေါင်းညိတ်ခြင်း။ ခေါင်းညိတ်ပြခြင်း။ give a nod of recognition/ agreement.
❏ give sb/ get the nod [IDM] (infml) လုပ်ခွင့်ရသည်။ ဆက်လုပ်ခွင့်ရသည်။ Plans for a new by- pass were finally given the nod.
❏ have a nodding acquaintance with sb/ sth [IDM] မြင်ဖူးတွေ့ဖူးရုံ။ I have no more than a nodding acquaintance with her work.
❏ a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind horse/ man) [IDM] (saying) အရိပ်ပြအကောင်ထင်သည်။
❏ nod off [PHRV] (infml) တစ်မှေးအိပ်ပျော်သွားသည်။ He nodded off by the fire.
❏ on the nod [IDM] (Brit infml) ခပ်မဆိတ် သဘောတူ သည်။ The proposal went through (ie was approved) on the nod.

More examples

I expected an argument, but she merely nodded and went out.
The manager nodded his understanding.
[nod in agreement/approval/sympathy] : Alison smiled and nodded in agreement.
[nod your head] : Luke was nodding his head thoughtfully.
[nod towards/in the direction of] : ‘They’re having fun’, she said, nodding towards the kids on the beach.
[nod at] : She nodded at the waiter for him to bring in the cake.
[nod to] : I nodded to my friend and she rang the bell.
Mel nodded her thanks to Adam.
[nod at] : The man smiled shyly and nodded at her.
He nodded the ball over the line.
The ears of corn nodded gently in the breeze.

Synonyms

bob, jiggle, dip, waggle, move up and down, acceptance, acknowledge, acknowledgment, acquiesce, affirmation, affirmative, agree, approve, assent, be sleepy, beckon, become inattentive, bend, bow, concur, consent, curtsy, doze, drift, drift off, droop, drowse, duck, fall asleep, gesture, go-ahead, greet, greeting, inclination, indicate, indication, move, nap, okay, permission, recognize, respond, salute, say yes, shake, sign, signal, sleep, slump, thumbs up, yes

Antonyms

differ, disagree, disallow, disapprove, dispute, dissent, object, oppose, protest, refuse, reject, rise