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sway

verb

/sweɪ/

Meaning

To move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically back and forth; to influence someone's opinion or decision.

The trees swayed gently in the breeze.

hold sway

swing, rock, influence, persuade, dominate

stabilize, steady, resist

sway back and forth, sway opinion, sway decision, sway gently

To suggest or hint something indirectly and often unpleasantly.

to produce young animals; to reproduce; to keep animals for producing young

to rest with the body supported by the buttocks, often in a chair or on the ground

to disembark or get off a ship, aircraft, or vehicle

To remove the outer covering, such as the husk of corn or shell of shellfish.

To remove the reproductive organs of an animal; or having no gender.