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sway1 verbsway2 noun swaysway1 /sweɪ/ ●●○ verb   sway1Origin: 1200-1300 Probably from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEsway |
| Present | I, you, we, they | sway | | he, she, it | sways | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | swayed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have swayed | | he, she, it | has swayed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had swayed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sway | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have swayed |
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| Present | I | am swaying | | he, she, it | is swaying | | you, we, they | are swaying | | Past | I, he, she, it | was swaying | | you, we, they | were swaying | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been swaying | | he, she, it | has been swaying | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been swaying | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be swaying | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been swaying |
- A light wind was making the branches sway.
- Donny swayed drunkenly as he walked back to his car.
- Ed's parents never tried to sway him, but they are happy with the decision he's made.
- Insecure people are often easily swayed by flattery.
- Mel swayed her hips in time with the music.
- The boat swayed from side to side in the storm.
- The court is unlikely to be swayed by those arguments.
- The judge was not swayed by her apology.
- The ski lifts were swaying alarmingly from side to side.
- Before long I had rejoined the tribe, swaying shoulder to shoulder with them as I thumped on a cast-iron pan.
- But, again, he failed to sway the jury, which returned a first-degree murder verdict.
- On the way I noticed that the pavement swayed from side to side and the road heaved up and down.
- They groped their way to a plastic table and sat facing the swaying shadows at the bar.
- We could do pullups on the steady, immobile high bar instead of on our clanking, swaying ceiling pipes.
- We should never allow ourselves to be swayed by our feelings.
- Without influence in Delhi or among the Tamils she was powerless to sway events.
► move to go to a different place, or change the position of your body: · Sarah moved away from the window.· Every time I move I get a pain in my left shoulder. ► sway to move slowly from one side to the other: · The branches swayed in the wind.· Donny swayed drunkenly as he walked back to his car. ► rock to move repeatedly from one side to another, with small gentle movements: · He rocked backward and forward in his chair.· The boat rocked from side to side with the waves. ► wobble to move unsteadily from side to side: · The bike wobbled a bit, but she soon got it under control. ► fidget to keep moving or playing with your fingers, hands, feet etc, because you are bored or nervous: · Diana fidgeted nervously with her pencil. ► squirm to make very small movements from side to side with your body, especially because you feel uncomfortable: · By the end of the hour, most of the children were squirming in their seats. ► wriggle to make small movements from side to side, especially in order to get into or out of something: · The dog wriggled under the fence and escaped into the street.· She managed to wriggle into the dress, but it was much too tight. ► twitch if part of your body twitches, it makes small movements that you cannot control: · A muscle on Yang’s face twitched. ► stir written to make a movement – used especially when describing a situation in which no one moves, or someone wakes up: · In the village a dog barked but no one stirred.· The sleeping child stirred and opened her eyes. ► budge to move – used when you are trying hard to make something move, often without success: · The piano wouldn’t budge. to have an effect on the way people think or behave► influence to affect the way someone behaves or thinks: · Don't let him influence you - make up your own mind.· How much does TV advertising really influence what people buy?· The jury's verdict was clearly influenced by their sympathy for the defendant.influence somebody to do something: · The prisoner claims he was influenced by his older friends to carry out the crime. ► have an influence to have a continuing effect on the way that people think or behave: · His ideas are too complicated to have much real influence.have an influence on: · Clearly, the cost of fuel has an influence on what sort of car someone buys.have a great/important/profound etc influence: · Descartes' ideas have had a profound influence on modern science. ► sway to influence someone when they have not yet definitely decided about something, so that they change their mind: · The court is unlikely to be swayed by those arguments.· Ed's parents never tried to sway him, but they are happy with the decision he's made.be easily swayed: · Insecure people are often easily swayed by flattery. ► play a part to be one of the things that has an effect on what someone decides or on what happens: play a part in: · Of course, the pay played some part in my decision to take the job.play a big/major part: · He was to go on to play a major part in the success of the new government. ► come into/enter into if something comes into or enters into a decision, it is one of the things that influences you when you decide or choose something - use this especially in negative sentences: · Try not to let your personal feelings enter into the decision.· An applicant's age or sex doesn't come into it - we simply choose the best candidate for the job. ► colour British /color American to influence someone's opinions or decisions, usually in a way that makes them less fair: · Foster's early experiences in Hollywood colored his views of the entire film industry.· How can he make fair and impartial decisions when political loyalties colour his judgement? to move from side to side► sway to move slowly from one side to the other, especially in an irregular or uncontrolled way: · A light wind was making the branches sway.· Donny swayed drunkenly as he walked back to his car.sway from side to side: · The ski lifts were swaying alarmingly from side to side. ► rock to move repeatedly from one side to another, with small gentle movements, or to make something do this: · Waves from a passing freighter rocked their boat.rock back and forth: · The chair squeaked as I rocked back and forth.· Uncle Maury laughed until he was rocking back and forth. rock from side to side: · Glenda sat beside the cradle, gently rocking it from side to side. ► swing to move from side to side with long, usually regular movements: · We began the workout by swinging our arms.· The only sound was the creak of a sign swinging in the wind.swing shut/open: · Doors swung open and then shut as hospital porters pushed a patient down the corridor.swing from side to side: · The wooden bridge swung from side to side in a terrifying fashion. ► be blowing/swaying/flapping etc in the wind· The trees were all swaying in the wind. ADVERB► gently· The summer sun spilled over the gardens, the trees swayed gently, the leaves rustling like soft, applauding hands.· Bayfront Park, lined with gently swaying Palm trees, was a marked contrast to the gravity of the day.· He was still fishing, the line plumbing the depths of the water, gently swaying in the light breeze.· The peacock silk curtains swayed gently in the breeze.· There he was silently surveying the world, swaying gently on a twig near the top of the tree! ► slightly· You see, the fellow didn't walk, he had this strange mincing walk, hips slightly swaying.· The right panel dangled from its upper hinge, swaying slightly, its rusted hinge producing a soft, musical squeak.· He emerged swearing softly at himself and swaying slightly.· She held him with her eyes closed, swaying slightly.· To her horror, Agnes saw that the old woman was swaying slightly.-The Count smiled. ` Excellent!· He stood on the moonlit grass, swaying slightly, holding himself upright but still fast asleep.· The figure swayed slightly on its base, then was still.· He stood for a moment, his body swaying slightly. NOUN► hold· It is difficult to establish which of the two scientific theories could hold sway.· This of course benefits the income of the less expensive factor of production, as is inevitable when capital holds sway. ► opinion· These arguments have yet to sway public opinion.· Others said they have already decided who will get their vote, and the vice presidential selection will not sway their opinion. ► tree· Monkeying around Above the rainforest in Kakum, the trees are swaying a little more violently than usual.· Palm trees sway on the backs of countless cotton shirts.· The dappled night shadows, the inky blue trees sway lightly in the breeze.· In the distance a few lights from Five Oaks blinked through the apple and pine trees swaying in the wind.· At the bottom of the hill, six poplar trees swayed, graceful as girls with their hair long.· The trees swayed and sighed gently in the soft wind.· Pine trees, swayed by the north wind, whisper; the bracken sighs.· Palm trees are swaying in the breeze, skies are blue and the sea is even bluer. ► hold sway- The old communist party still holds sway in many rural areas.
- This all happened long ago, when priests held sway over the majority of the Irish people.
- His reputedly Herculean virility long remained a byword throughout the district over which he held sway.
- It's a place for Comici's drop-of-water philosophy to hold sway.
- Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.
- Suddenly new possibilities are springing to life where previously deadlock and despair held sway.
- That is why we feel justified in saying that Realism has held sway for the last forty years.
- That romantic notion held sway over me, and probably delayed my perception of Clarisa as some one with a medical problem.
- The Marsh End at that time had at least two moles who held sway in their different ways over moles of their generation.
- This of course benefits the income of the less expensive factor of production, as is inevitable when capital holds sway.
1[intransitive] to move slowly from one side to another:  The trees swayed gently in the breeze.► see thesaurus at move2[transitive] to influence someone so that they change their opinion: Don’t allow yourself to be swayed by his promises.sway1 verbsway2 noun swaysway2 noun [uncountable] - No one has more sway with Congress than the media.
- the constant sway of the small aircraft
- Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.
- Nineteenth-century forms and styles held sway until the 1920s when they were replaced by their horrendous antithesis - Functionalism.
- That boy had held such sway.
- The sway of the crowd sent him sprawling.
- The line weaves back and forth in the water, in sinister sway.
- The same attitudes held sway in Vienna.
to completely control a situation► dominate to be the most powerful or important person or thing in a situation and therefore able to control it completely: · Men still tend to dominate the world of law - hardly any top judges are women.· You shouldn't allow your job to dominate your life like that.· A handful of multinational companies dominate the economy. ► monopolize also monopolise British to completely control an activity, situation etc and unfairly prevent other people or organizations from having any control over it at all: · All night he monopolized the conversation, not letting anyone else get a word in.· The company has monopolized the building market in this area. ► monopoly a situation in which one person or organization unfairly has complete control: have a monopoly: · It is not good for consumers if one company has a monopoly in any area of trade.monopoly of: · It was not easy to persuade the monarchy to let go of its monopoly of power.monopoly over: · Within a few years, the company had a virtual monopoly over all trade with India. ► stranglehold total power and control over a situation, organization etc - use this especially when you think this is not fair or right: have a stranglehold on something: · For years, two giant recording companies have had a stranglehold on the CD market.break the stranglehold (=to stop someone having complete control): · Satellite TV should at last break the stranglehold of the big national TV channels. ► have total/complete control to control a situation completely: · In modern politics, no one political group can expect to have total control.have total/complete control over: · The head of department has complete control over the budget. ► hold sway if a person or group holds sway , they have the most power or influence over the people in a particular situation, place, or organization: · The old communist party still holds sway in many rural areas.hold sway over: · This all happened long ago, when priests held sway over the majority of the Irish people. ► hold sway These old attitudes still hold sway in the church. ► be blowing/swaying/flapping etc in the wind· The trees were all swaying in the wind. VERB► hold· The game afoot has gone way beyond technology into the realm of perception where Microsoft Corp holds almost total sway.· That romantic notion held sway over me, and probably delayed my perception of Clarisa as some one with a medical problem.· The Marsh End at that time had at least two moles who held sway in their different ways over moles of their generation.· Suddenly new possibilities are springing to life where previously deadlock and despair held sway.· It's a place for Comici's drop-of-water philosophy to hold sway.· But even vaporized as the bond market is, it holds tremendous sway over our times.· She knew that in prison time no longer holds the same sway as in the free world outside.· Gothic art held sway, in general, for three centuries. ► hold sway- The old communist party still holds sway in many rural areas.
- This all happened long ago, when priests held sway over the majority of the Irish people.
- His reputedly Herculean virility long remained a byword throughout the district over which he held sway.
- It's a place for Comici's drop-of-water philosophy to hold sway.
- Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.
- Suddenly new possibilities are springing to life where previously deadlock and despair held sway.
- That is why we feel justified in saying that Realism has held sway for the last forty years.
- That romantic notion held sway over me, and probably delayed my perception of Clarisa as some one with a medical problem.
- The Marsh End at that time had at least two moles who held sway in their different ways over moles of their generation.
- This of course benefits the income of the less expensive factor of production, as is inevitable when capital holds sway.
1literary power to rule or influence people: These old attitudes still hold sway in the church.under somebody’s sway She was now completely under his sway.2a swinging movement from side to side: the sway of the ship |