transitive. To cause to move backward and forward or from side to side (cf. sense 2). (See also sense 13)

intransitive. To sway from side to side; to rock. Also transitive: to cause (something) to sway or rock.

transitive. To cause to move with a swaying motion; to cause to sway from side to side.

To roll (to and fro). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To cause (a thing, esp. a plant) to bend or sway. rare.