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sway in English
- sway⇄adv. swayingly.
- sway⇄expr. sway up, (Nautical.) to raise or set aloft (a yard, topmast, or the like).
Ex. Forward there, Jacob, and sway up the mast (Frederick Marryat). - sway⇄noun swayer.
- sway⇄noun 1. the action of swaying; swinging back and forth or from side to side.
Ex. The sway of the pail caused some milk to spill out. Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway (Thomas Gray).
2. (Figurative.) influence, control, or rule. < - sway⇄sway, verb, noun.
- sway⇄v.i. 1. to swing back and forth; swing from side to side or to one side.
Ex. She swayed and fell in a faint. Branches sway in the wind. The pail swayed in his hands as he ran.
(SYN) wave, fluctuate, oscillate.
2. to bend or move to on - sway⇄v.t. 1. to make move; cause to sway.
Ex. The wind sways the tall grass.
2. to cause to incline or bend down on one side.
3. (Figurative.) to cause to change in opinion or feeling.
Ex. Nothing could sway her after she had made up