Sway

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
2. isim A rocking or swinging motion.

   “The old song caused a little sway in everyone in the room.”

3. isim Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side

   “I doubt I'll hold much sway with someone so powerful.”

4. isim Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
5. isim Rule; dominion; control; power.

   “Prospero:[…]Confederates / (ſo drie he was for Sway) with King of Naples / To giue him Annuall tribute, doe him homage / Subiect his Coronet, to his Crowne and bend / The Dukedom yet vnbow'd (alas poore Millaine) / To moſt ignoble ſtooping.”

6. isim A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
7. isim The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
8. isim Synonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”)
9. fiil To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.

   “sway to the music”

10. fiil To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.

    “to sway the sceptre”

11. fiil To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.

    “Do you think you can sway their decision?”

12. fiil To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.

    “reeds swayed by the wind”

13. fiil To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.

    “to sway up the yards”

14. fiil To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.

    “euen in these Personall Respects, the Ballance swayes on our part: […]”

15. fiil To have weight or influence.

    “The example of sundry churches […] doth sway much.”

16. fiil To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

    “Hadst thou swayed as kings should do.”

17. özel isim A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2798).