Значення

значень: 8
  1. (неперехідне)To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.

    sway to the music

    The trees swayed in the breeze.

    schaukeln, sich wiegen, schwanken

    кача́тьсяkačátʹsja

  2. (перехідне)To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.

    to sway the sceptre

    schwingen, schwenken

    кача́тьkačátʹ

  3. (перехідне)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?

    beeinflussen, beherrschen, dirigieren

  4. (перехідне)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

    beeinflussen, anstoßen, anschnipsen

  5. (перехідне)To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.

    to sway up the yards

    hochzehen, hissen (Flagge), aufwinden

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

    sich verziehen

  7. To have weight or influence.

    beeinflussen

  8. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

    sich durchsetzen, herrschen, regieren

Ще визначення
  • move back and forth or sideways
  • cause to move back and forth
  • move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
  • win approval or support for

Приклади

речень: 64
  1. Both Tom and Mary swayed to the music.

  2. It's no use. Tom can't be swayed.

    ruНичего не поделаешь, Тома не переубедишь.

  3. The flowers swayed in the wind.

    ruЦветы качались на ветру.

  4. The wind made the trees sway.

  5. The trees were no longer swaying.

Русский
За значеннями 2
to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock:
to move or wield with the hand:
Deutsch
За значеннями 7
to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock:
to move or wield with the hand:
to influence or direct by power and authority:
to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward:
nautical: to hoist into position:
to be drawn to one side by weight or influence:
to bear sway; to rule; to govern:

Походження

From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old English *swǣġan

From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old English *swǣġan (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-West Germanic *swaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁-

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Форми

sways, swaying, swayed, swayed
Базова формаsway · to sway
3-я особа одниниsways
Дієприкметник теперішнього часуswaying
Минулий часswayed
Дієприкметник минулого часуswayed

правильне · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theysway
he, she, itsways

Past simpleУрок

усі особиswayed

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave swayed
he, she, ithas swayed

Future simple (will)Урок

усі особиwill sway

Синоніми

синонімів: 9
Близькі за значенням
  • move back and forth or sideways:rockshake
  • cause to move back and forth:rock
  • move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner:swing
  • win approval or support for:carrypersuade

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 15

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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