Direct and Nod

Direct

Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.

Nod and direct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nod" instead a verb "Direct".

Nod

Nod verb - To make short up-and-down movements.

Direct and nod are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead a verb "Nod".

Nearby Words: nodded, nodding

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

someone direct someone nod someone
time direct time nod time
script direct script nod script
times direct times nod times

Both words in one sentence

  • Inspiration Nod Apart from direct references to "John Smith"'s copy of the novel, there's a more subtle nod with one of the characters having the maiden name Utterson.
  • While Mormonism as a whole could be treated as a nod to Fallout: New Vegas, there is much more direct reference in the county of Grand Staircase.
  • Video Game / Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Mortal Kombat 9 doesn't make any direct references to Shaolin Monks in the story, aside of a small nod, and seems to use the "original" versions of MK1 and MK2's stories instead, but several of the Challenge Tower missions are directly based on parts of the game.
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