intransitive verb. To swing back and forth or to and fro. synonym: swing.

intransitive verb. To incline or bend to one side; veer.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling.

intransitive verb. To fluctuate, as in outlook.

intransitive verb. To cause to swing back and forth or to and fro.

intransitive verb. To cause to incline or bend.

intransitive verb. To exert influence or control over.

intransitive verb. To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To rule or govern.

intransitive verb. To wield, as a weapon or scepter.

noun. The act of moving from side to side with a swinging motion.

noun. Influence or control.

noun. Inclination; preponderance; movement toward one side or the other, or toward both alternately; swing.

noun. Weight; force, as of some heavy or powerful agent.

noun. Rule; control; government: probably in allusion to the sway of the scepter, or of the sword, embodying and illustrating government.

noun. An instrument of rule or management.

noun. A switch used by thatchers to bind their Work.

To bend to one side, as by excess of weight; hang in a heavy, unsteady manner; lean away from the perpendicular; swag: as, a wall that sways to the west; also, to bend or lean first to one side and then to the other; swing backward and forward.

To move or incline to one side, or to one side and then to the other, literally or figuratively; incline to one side, party, etc., or to one and then to the other; vacillate, as judgment or opinion.

To have weight or influence; bear rule; govern.

To advance steadily.

To cause to move backward and forward; wave or swing; hence, to wield with the hand.

To cause to bend or move aside; bias, literally or figuratively; cause to lean or incline to one side; prejudice.

To rule; govern; influence or direct by power and authority, or by moral force; manage.

Nautical, to hoist; raise: particularly said of yards and topmasts.

Guide, Direct (see guide), control.

intransitive verb. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.

intransitive verb. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.

intransitive verb. To have weight or influence.

intransitive verb. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

transitive verb. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.

transitive verb. To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.

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

transitive verb. To hoist.

noun. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.

noun. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side.

noun. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.

noun. Rule; dominion; control.

noun. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.

noun. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

noun. A rocking or swinging motion.

noun. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.

noun. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.

noun. Rule; dominion; control.

noun. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.

noun. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion

verb. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.

verb. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.

"Would seeing the label sway your decision in any way?"

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