| sway | move back and forth, swing to and fro; lean in a certain direction; be inclined toward, be sympathetic to; hesitate; cause to swing; influence, affect the opinion or actions of | en | (fiil) | en |
| sway | swaying movement, moving back and forth; influence, control, authority | en | (isim) | en |
| sway | Preponderance; turn or cast of balance | en | en |
| sway | Rule; dominion; control | en | en |
| sway | A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work | en | en |
| sway | The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon | en | en |
| sway | Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires | en | en |
| sway | To have weight or influence | en | en |
| sway | To bear sway; to rule; to govern | en | en |
| sway | To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward | en | en |
| sway | To hoist; as, to sway up the yards | en | en |
| sway | To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline | en | en |
| sway | To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide | en | en |
| sway | To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion | en | en |
| sway | To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter | en | en |
| sway | When people or things sway, they lean or swing slowly from one side to the other. The people swayed back and forth with arms linked The whole boat swayed and tipped. a coastal highway lined with tall, swaying palm trees | en | en |
| sway | If you are swayed by someone or something, you are influenced by them. Don't ever be swayed by fashion. last minute efforts by the main political parties to sway the voters in tomorrow's local elections | en | en |
| sway | If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity. South of the Usk, a completely different approach seems to hold sway | en | en |
| sway | If you are under the sway of someone or something, they have great influence over you. How mothers keep daughters under their sway is the subject of the next five sections | en | en |
| sway | controlling influence | en | en |
| sway | pitching dangerously to one side | en | en |
| sway | move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" | en | en |
| sway | move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back" | en | en |
| sway | win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" | en | en |
| sway | cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" | en | en |
| sway | A tilt of the chest to the side, without lowering the torso Stretching from the side upwards | en | en |
| sway | A tilt of the chest to the side without lowering the torso | en | en |
| sway | Lateral movement of head, shoulders or body in the back swing | en | en |
| sway | generally considered to be an excess of lateral (side to side) body motion in a golf swing Example: Many players have a noticeable or even pronounced sway in their swing | en | en |
| sway | control the state, ironical in this context | en | en |
n,v:swayed / swaying sways Pronunciation :'swA. Function :noun. Date :14th century.
