Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
- (vanhentunut) sweigh
Synonyymit
- (kalastus)swaying
- (geologia)side-to-side vibration
- (geologia)y-axis vibration
- (geologia)transverse vibration
- power
- pull
- totter
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
Verbi
- (intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- (transitive) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- (transitive) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
- (nautical, transitive) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- To have weight or influence.
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Esimerkit
- The old song caused a little sway in everyone in the room.
- I doubt I'll hold much sway with someone so powerful.
- to sway the sceptre
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- As sparkles from the anvil rise, / When heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed.
- sway to the music; The trees swayed in the breeze.
- This was the race / To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
- Do you think you can sway their decision?
- reeds swayed by the wind; judgment swayed by passion
- Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest.
- to sway up the yards
- The balance sways on our part.
- The example of sundry churchesdoth sway much.
- Hadst thou swayed as kings should do.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | swayed | Imperfekti | swayed |
| Partisiipin preesens | swaying | Monikko | sways |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | sways | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | swayeth (vanhahtava) |