(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When people or things ~, they lean or swing slowly from one side to the other.
The people ~ed back and forth with arms linked...
The whole boat ~ed and tipped.
...a coastal highway lined with tall, ~ing palm trees.
VERB: V adv/prep, V, V-ing
2.
If you are ~ed by someone or something, you are influenced by them.
Don’t ever be ~ed by fashion.
...last minute efforts by the main political parties to ~ the voters in tomorrow’s local elections.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
3.
If someone or something holds ~, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
South of the Usk, a completely different approach seems to hold ~...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR over n
4.
If you are under the ~ of someone or something, they have great influence over you.
How mothers keep daughters under their ~ is the subject of the next five sections.
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR