SWAY (11)

Meaning of SWAY (11) in English

(n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

SWAY — I. ˈswā verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by Middle Low German swāien to sway) of earlier swey …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWAY — (v. i.) To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Английский словарь Webster
SWAY — (v. i.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
Английский словарь Webster
SWAY — (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
Английский словарь Webster
SWAY — ( v. i. ) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAY — ( v. i. ) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAY — — swayable , adj. — swayer , n. — swayingly , adv. /sway/ , v.i. 1. to move or swing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAY — I. ˈswā noun Etymology: Middle English sweigh, from sweyen Date: 14th century 1. : the action or an instance of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWAY — noun rule; dominion; control. 2. sway ·vi to have weight or influence. 3. sway ·noun preponderance; turn or cast of …
Webster English vocab
SWAY — [sway] n (14c) 1: the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed: an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWAY — sway, Sway BrE AmE sweɪ ▷ swayed sweɪd ▷ swaying/ly ˈsweɪ ɪŋ /li ▷ sways sweɪz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWAY — / sweɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [usually + adv. / prep. ] to move slowly from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWAY — I. sway 1 /sweɪ/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWAY — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. lean or cause to lean unsteadily in different directions alternately. 2 intr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWAY — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. lean or cause to lean unsteadily in different directions alternately. 2 intr. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWAY — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. & tr. lean or cause to lean unsteadily in different directions alternately. 2 intr. …
Oxford English vocab
SWAY — ( sways, swaying, swayed) 1. When people or things sway , they lean or swing slowly from one side to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWAY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be blowing/swaying/flapping etc in the wind ▪ The trees were all swaying in the …
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SWAY — (CONTROL) [noun] [U] [esp. [formal] or literary] - control or influenceIn the 1980s, the organization came under the sway of …
Cambridge English vocab
SWAY — verb 1 from side to side/backwards and forwards ADVERB ▪ gently , lightly , a little , slightly ▪ alarmingly …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SWAY — n. 25B6; verb the curtains swayed in the breeze : SWING, shake, oscillate, undulate, move to and fro, move back …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWAY — v. 1 wave, waver, swing, sweep, oscillate, undulate, reel, totter, swing or move to and fro or back and forth …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SWAY — 1. сущ. 1) взмах, качание, колебание, покачивание, раскачивание Syn : stroke, sweep, wave, movement, flap, flapping 2) власть, влияние; правление …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWAY — sway.ogg 1. sweı n 1. качание, колебание; раскачивание 2. власть, господство; влияние to hold /to bear/ sway over smb. - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SWAY — 1. sweı n 1. качание, колебание; раскачивание 2. власть, господство; влияние to hold /to bear/ sway over smb. - властвовать …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SWAY — 1. сущ. 1) взмах, качание, колебание, покачивание, раскачивание Syn: stroke , sweep , wave , movement , flap , flapping …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SWAY — 1. сущ. 1) взмах, качание, колебание, покачивание, раскачивание Syn: stroke, sweep, wave, movement, flap, flapping 2) власть, влияние; правление to hold sway over — иметь …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SWAY — 1. _n. 1> качание, колебание, взмах 2> власть, влияние; правление _Syn: jurisdiction 2. _v. 1> качать(ся), колебать(ся); to sway to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SWAY — 1. n. 1. качание, колебание, взмах 2. власть, влияние; правление Syn: jurisdiction 2. v. 1. качать(ся), колебать(ся); to sway to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SWAY — 1. _n. 1> качание, колебание, взмах 2> власть, влияние; правление 2. _v. 1> качать(ся), колебать(ся); to sway to and fro …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SWAY — 1. сущ. 1) взмах, качание, колебание, покачивание, раскачивание Syn : stroke, sweep, wave, movement, flap, flapping 2) власть, влияние; правление …
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