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Sway Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Sway?
[n] pitching dangerously to one side
[n] controlling influence [v] cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"; "The teenager's parents were not swayed by their daughter's arguments" [v] move back and forth in an unstable manner; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "the tree shook in the wind" [v] cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" [v] move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back" [v] sway gently back and forth, as of flowers or tress in the wind [v] move sideways or in an unsteady way, as of a ship or a vehicle out of control [v] win approval or support for; "Carry all before one" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sway: careen | careen | carry | nod | persuade | persuade | rock | rock | shake | shift | swing | tilt | tilt | wobble Related Terms | Find terms related to Sway: See Also | act upon | badger | blarney | brachiate | brainwash | bring around | bring round | cajole | cause | charm | chat up | coax | convert | convince | displace | drag | get | have | induce | influence | influence | inveigle | lash | lurch | make | move | move back and forth | nutate | oscillate | palaver | pitch | pitching | power | powerfulness | prevail | rope in | score | seduce | sell | stimulate | swag | sweet-talk | talk into | tempt | totter | vibrate | waver | weave | wheedle | win over | work Sway In Webster's Dictionary \Sway\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Swaying}.] [OE. sweyen, Icel. sveigja, akin to E. swing; cf.
D. zwaaijen to wield, swing. See {Swing}, and cf. {Swag}, v.
i.]
1. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to
sway the scepter.
As sparkles from the anvil rise, When heavy hammers
on the wedge are swayed. --Spenser.
2. To influence or direct by power and authority; by
persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to
guide.
The will of man is by his reason swayed. --Shak.
She could not sway her house. --Shak.
This was the race To sway the world, and land and
sea subdue. --Dryden.
3. 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.
As bowls run true by being made On purpose false,
and to be swayed. --Hudibras.
Let not temporal and little advantages sway you
against a more durable interest. --Tillotson.
4. (Naut.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
Syn: To bias; rule; govern; direct; influence; swing; move;
wave; wield.
\Sway\, v. i. 1. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline. The balance sways on our part. --Bacon. 2. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward. 3. To have weight or influence. The example of sundry churches . . . doth sway much. --Hooker. 4. To bear sway; to rule; to govern. Hadst thou swayed as kings should do. --Shak. \Sway\, n. 1. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon. With huge two-handed sway brandished aloft. --Milton. 2. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires. --A. Tucker. 3. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance. Expert When to advance, or stand, or turn the sway Of battle. --Milton. 4. Rule; dominion; control. --Cowper. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 5. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. Syn: Rule; dominion; power; empire; control; influence; direction; preponderance; ascendency. |
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