Swayname

• 1

  A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2798).

swaynoun/ˈsweɪ̯/

• 1

  The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

• 2

  A rocking or swinging motion.

  • The old song caused a little sway in everyone in the room.
• 3

  Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side

  • I doubt I'll hold much sway with someone so powerful.
  • Though both Mr. Knight and Mr. Hennessey view themselves as traders first, the “finfluencer” culture has flourished with the surge in online interest, and they have considerable sway.
• 4

  Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.

• 5

  Rule; dominion; control; power.

  • Prospero:[…]Confederates / (ſo drie he was for Sway) with King of Naples / To giue him Annuall tribute, doe him homage / Subiect his Coronet, to his Crowne and bend / The Dukedom yet vnbow'd (alas poore Millaine) / To moſt ignoble ſtooping.
  • Prayuth's return as prime minister takes Thailand back to 1980s. Military still holds sway in a democracy that has yet to mature.
• 6

  A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.

• 7

  automotivetransportvehiclesThe maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.

• 8

  Synonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”)

swayverb/ˈsweɪ̯/

• 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
  • As sparckles from the Anduile vse to fly, / When heauie hammers on the wedge are swaid
• 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?
  • This was the race / To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
• 4

  To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.

  • reeds swayed by the wind
  • judgment swayed by passion
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  nauticaltransportTo hoist (a mast or yard) into position.

  • to sway up the yards
• 6

  To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.

  • euen in these Personall Respects, the Ballance swayes on our part: […]
• 7

  To have weight or influence.

  • The example of sundry churches […] doth sway much.
• 8

  To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

  • Hadst thou swayed as kings should do.