SWAY

[sweɪ]

взмах, качание, колебание, покачивание, раскачивание

власть, влияние; правление

качать(ся), колебать(ся)

иметь влияние; склонять

управлять; править

направлять, перетягивать; поворачивать в горизонтальном направлении

sway: translation

1 from side to side/backwards and forwards

▪ gently, lightly, a little, slightly

▪ alarmingly (esp. BrE), dangerously, precariously

▪

The stage swayed alarmingly under their weight.

▪ dizzily, drunkenly, unsteadily

▪ back and forth, from side to side

▪

He swayed back and forth like a drunken man.

▪

The cow's udder swayed from side to side as she walked along.

▪ begin to

▪ in

▪

The curtains swayed gently in the breeze.

▪ to

▪

Couples were swaying to the rhythm of the music.

2 influence sb/sth

▪ easily

▪

He will not easily be swayed by argument.

Sway is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hip, ↑room, ↑tree

Sway is used with these nouns as the object: ↑decision, ↑election, ↑hip, ↑jury, ↑opinion, ↑vote, ↑voter

1. качание, колебание; раскачивание

2. власть, господство; влияние

1.1) качаться, колебаться

2) качать, раскачивать

2. иметь влияние (на кого-л., что-л.); склонять (кого-л. к чему-л.)

3. обыкн. поэт. управлять, править

4. тех. поворачивать в горизонтальном направлении

sway: translation

acme, administration, affect, alternate, amplitude, angle, angle off, angularity, argue into, ascend, ascendancy, authority, authorization, back and fill, bank, be-all and end-all, bear off, bear reign, bend, bias, blue ribbon, blunder, bob, bobble, break down, bring, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, cant, captivate, careen, career, carry, cave in, championship, charisma, charm, civil government, claws, climb, clout, clutches, coggle, collapse, color, command, con, conduct, consequence, control, convince, credit, crook, dangle, decide, decline, deflect, descend, determine, deviate, dip, direct, direction, directorship, discipline, dispensation, dispose, disposition, distort, divagate, diverge, divert, dominance, domination, dominion, draw over, drop, ebb and flow, effect, effectiveness, eminence, empery, empire, enchantment, engage, enlist, esteem, expanse, fall, fall away, fall in, fall off, falter, favor, first place, first prize, flounce, flounder, fluctuate, flutter, force, form of government, founder, gain, gain over, get, get to do, go downhill, go through phases, go uphill, good feeling, govern, governance, government, grade, grasp, grip, hand, hands, headship, heave, hegemony, height, highest, hobbyhorse, hold, hook, hook in, imperium, importance, impress, incidental power, inclination, incline, induce, influence, influentiality, insinuation, inspire, interest in, iron hand, jaundice, jurisdiction, keel, kingship, labor, lead, leadership, lean, leaning, leaning tower, leverage, librate, libration, list, lordship, lurch, lure, magnetism, make heavy weather, manage, management, mastership, mastery, maximum, might, moment, most, move, ne plus ultra, new high, nutate, oblique, oscillate, outtalk, overrule, oversight, palms, paramountcy, pendulate, personality, persuade, persuasion, pitch, pitch and plunge, pitch and toss, plunge, political organization, polity, potency, pound, power, predispose, predominance, prejudice, prejudice against, prejudice the issue, preponderance, prepossess, presidency, pressure, prestige, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, primacy, procure, prompt, purchase, raj, rake, range, reach, rear, record, reel, regime, regimen, regnancy, regulation, reign, repute, resonate, retreat, ring the changes, rise, rock, roll, rule, rule over, say, scend, scope, seesaw, seethe, sell, sell one on, shake, sheer, shelve, shift, shuffle, sidle, skew, slant, slope, slue, soften up, sovereignty, spread, stagger, stretch, strike, strings, struggle, stumble, suasion, subtle influence, suggestion, supervision, supremacy, swag, sweep, swerve, swing, swinging, system of government, talk into, talk over, talons, teeter, teeter-totter, tempt, tend, thrash about, tilt, tinge, tip, tone, top spot, topple, topple down, topple over, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter, touch, tower of Pisa, tumble, turn, twist, undulate, upper hand, uprise, vacillate, vary, veer, vibrate, volutation, wag, waggle, wallop, wallow, wangle, wangle into, warp, wave, waver, wax and wane, wear down, wear the crown, weave, weigh with, weight, welter, whip hand, wield the scepter, win, win over, wobble, work, yaw, zenith