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Meaning:
Noun:
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control.
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion
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Verb:
- nautical To hoist (a mast or yard) into position
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind
- To have weight or influence.
- To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Cf. persuade
- To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
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