swaying
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Definitions ofswaying
- To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
Example: "sway to the music; The trees swayed in the breeze."
- To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
Example: "to sway the sceptre"
- To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
Example: "Do you think you can sway their decision?"
- To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
Example: "reeds swayed by the wind; judgment swayed by passion"
- To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
Example: "to sway up the yards"
- 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.
- The motion of something that sways.
- An injury caused to a horse's back by violent strains or overloading.
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