sway
IPA: swˈeɪ
noun
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
- A village in Hampshire, England.
verb
- To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
- (nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- To have weight or influence.
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
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Examples of "sway" in Sentences
- The entire structure sways in the wind.
- I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.
- Minds swayed by eyes are full of turpitude.
- The tent sways slightly in response to the wind.
- The planet has mountains that sway in the breeze.
- Would seeing the label sway your decision in any way?
- The next mode is swaying of the building side to side.
- The tower is supposed to sway in the event of such things.
- Time falsed our union and divided who were one in sway, x.
- The cashew trees sway in the breeze welcoming the visitors.
- The campaigns mobilize their supporters and sway the persuadable.
- Each sway is contained in a larger swatch of 'land' called a primacy.
- No attempt was made in the message to sway the opinion of the recipients.
- This reflects the continuing reduction in American sway in the region, and especially the "engagement" with Syria.
- The Chalin sway, where Titus appears, is modeled after feudal China, and lends an exotic yet oddly familiar feel to that portion of the Entire.
- Faith, and on like wise do thou (Woe be to thee!) seek salvation and thou shalt be saved from the wrath of the King Almighty in sway, Creator of Night and Day.
- I personally don't think it automatically spells doom for a movie to sway from the original text and this is one adaptation that I look forward to since I enjoyed the books so much.
- What she wants is to maintain sway over the party by forcing Obama to accept her terms for who the VP will eventually be (such as "don't choose a woman or my supporters will be pissed.")
- And there befel between them great fight and sore fray and the sword went round in sway and there was much said and say; nor did they leave fighting till fled the day and gloom came, when they drew from one another away.