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Swaying
/ˈsweɪɪŋ/
To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
📖 Definitions of "Swaying"
- 1
To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
"sway to the music; The trees swayed in the breeze."
- 2
To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
"to sway the sceptre"
- 3
To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
"Do you think you can sway their decision?"
- 4
To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
"reeds swayed by the wind; judgment swayed by passion"
- 1
The motion of something that sways.
- 2
An injury caused to a horse's back by violent strains or overloading.
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