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sway
(encz) | sway,klátit se Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,kolébání Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,kolébat se Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,kolísání n: Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,kolísat Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,kymácení Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,kymácet Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,kymácet se Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,kývání n: Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,nadvláda n: Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,naklonění n: Zdeněk Brož |
sway
(encz) | sway,rozmach n: PetrV |
sway
(encz) | sway,třímat v: PetrV |
Sway
(gcide) | Sway \Sway\ (sw[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swayed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swaying.] [OE. sweyen, Icel. sveigja, akin to E. swing;
cf. D. zwaaijen to wield, swing. See Swing, and cf. Swag,
v. i.]
1. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to
sway the scepter.
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As sparkles from the anvil rise,
When heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed.
--Spenser.
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2. To influence or direct by power and authority; by
persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to
guide.
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The will of man is by his reason swayed. --Shak.
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She could not sway her house. --Shak.
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This was the race
To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
--Dryden.
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3. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and
forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed
by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
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As bowls run true by being made
On purpose false, and to be swayed. --Hudibras.
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Let not temporal and little advantages sway you
against a more durable interest. --Tillotson.
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4. (Naut.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
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Syn: To bias; rule; govern; direct; influence; swing; move;
wave; wield.
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Sway
(gcide) | Sway \Sway\ (sw[=a]), v. i.
1. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean;
to incline.
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The balance sways on our part. --Bacon.
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2. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and
forward.
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3. To have weight or influence.
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The example of sundry churches . . . doth sway much.
--Hooker.
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4. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
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Hadst thou swayed as kings should do. --Shak.
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Sway
(gcide) | Sway \Sway\, n.
1. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep
of a weapon.
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With huge two-handed sway brandished aloft.
--Milton.
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2. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side;
as, the sway of desires. --A. Tucker.
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3. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
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Expert
When to advance, or stand, or turn the sway
Of battle. --Milton.
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4. Rule; dominion; control. --Cowper.
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When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,
The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.
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5. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Syn: Rule; dominion; power; empire; control; influence;
direction; preponderance; ascendency.
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sway
(wn) | sway
n 1: controlling influence
2: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen,
sway, tilt]
v 1: move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking";
"the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on
her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake]
2: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
[syn: swing, sway]
3: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His
speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade,
sway]
4: cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the
baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" [syn: rock,
sway] |
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expressway
(mass) | expressway
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crossway
(encz) | crossway,křižovatka n: Zdeněk Brož |
crossways
(encz) | crossways,diagonálně Zdeněk Brožcrossways,úhlopříčně Zdeněk Brož |
expressway
(encz) | expressway,dálnice n: Zdeněk Brož |
hold sway
(encz) | hold sway, v: |
sway
(encz) | sway,klátit se Zdeněk Brožsway,kolébání Zdeněk Brožsway,kolébat se Zdeněk Brožsway,kolísání n: Zdeněk Brožsway,kolísat Zdeněk Brožsway,kymácení Zdeněk Brožsway,kymácet Zdeněk Brožsway,kymácet se Zdeněk Brožsway,kývání n: Zdeněk Brožsway,nadvláda n: Zdeněk Brožsway,naklonění n: Zdeněk Brožsway,rozmach n: PetrVsway,třímat v: PetrV |
swayback
(encz) | swayback, |
swaybacked
(encz) | swaybacked, adj: |
swayed
(encz) | swayed,kolísal v: Zdeněk Brožswayed,kymácel v: Zdeněk Brož |
swayer
(encz) | swayer, n: |
swaying
(encz) | swaying,klátivý adj: Zdeněk Brožswaying,kymácející Jaroslav Šedivýswaying,kymácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
unswayed
(encz) | unswayed, adj: |
Arrasways
(gcide) | Arraswise \Ar"ras*wise`\, Arrasways \Ar"ras*ways`\, adv. [Prob.
a corruption of arriswise. See Arris.]
Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two
sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular
form. --Encyc. Brit. Cussans.
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Countersway
(gcide) | Countersway \Coun"ter*sway`\ (-sw[=a]`), n.
A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
[Obs.]
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A countersway of restraint, curbing their wild
exorbitance. --Milton.
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Crossway
(gcide) | Crossway \Cross"way`\ (-w?`), n.
See Crossroad.
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Misway
(gcide) | Misway \Mis*way"\, n.
A wrong way. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Oversway
(gcide) | Oversway \O`ver*sway"\, v. t.
To bear sway over.
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Sway bar
(gcide) | Sway bar \Sway bar\ (Vehicles)
(a) A bar attached to the hounds, in the rear of the front
axle, so as to slide on the reach as the axle is swung in
turning the vehicle.
(b) Either of the two bars used on couplong the oront ano
rear sleds of a logging sled; also, the bar used to
couple two logging cars.
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Sway-backed
(gcide) | Sway-backed \Sway"-backed`\, a.
Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the
result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other
animals.
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Sway-bracing
(gcide) | Sway-bracing \Sway"-bra`cing\, n. (Engin.)
The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its
swaying.
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Swayed
(gcide) | Sway \Sway\ (sw[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swayed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swaying.] [OE. sweyen, Icel. sveigja, akin to E. swing;
cf. D. zwaaijen to wield, swing. See Swing, and cf. Swag,
v. i.]
1. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to
sway the scepter.
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As sparkles from the anvil rise,
When heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed.
--Spenser.
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2. To influence or direct by power and authority; by
persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to
guide.
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The will of man is by his reason swayed. --Shak.
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She could not sway her house. --Shak.
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This was the race
To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
--Dryden.
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3. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and
forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed
by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
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As bowls run true by being made
On purpose false, and to be swayed. --Hudibras.
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Let not temporal and little advantages sway you
against a more durable interest. --Tillotson.
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4. (Naut.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
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Syn: To bias; rule; govern; direct; influence; swing; move;
wave; wield.
[1913 Webster]Swayed \Swayed\, a.
Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a
horse. --Shak.
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Swayful
(gcide) | Swayful \Sway"ful\, a.
Able to sway. [R.] --Rush.
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Swaying
(gcide) | Sway \Sway\ (sw[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swayed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swaying.] [OE. sweyen, Icel. sveigja, akin to E. swing;
cf. D. zwaaijen to wield, swing. See Swing, and cf. Swag,
v. i.]
1. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to
sway the scepter.
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As sparkles from the anvil rise,
When heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed.
--Spenser.
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2. To influence or direct by power and authority; by
persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to
guide.
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The will of man is by his reason swayed. --Shak.
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She could not sway her house. --Shak.
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This was the race
To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
--Dryden.
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3. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and
forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed
by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
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As bowls run true by being made
On purpose false, and to be swayed. --Hudibras.
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Let not temporal and little advantages sway you
against a more durable interest. --Tillotson.
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4. (Naut.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
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Syn: To bias; rule; govern; direct; influence; swing; move;
wave; wield.
[1913 Webster]Swaying \Sway"ing\, n.
An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; --
said of the backs of horses. --Crabb.
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Unswayable
(gcide) | Unswayable \Un*sway"a*ble\, a.
Not capable of being swayed. --Shak.
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Unswayed
(gcide) | Unswayed \Unswayed\
See swayed. |
Upsway
(gcide) | Upsway \Up*sway"\, v. t.
To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. [R.] --Sir W.
Scott.
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anti-sway bar
(wn) | anti-sway bar
n 1: a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between
the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to
stabilize the chassis [syn: stabilizer bar, {anti-sway
bar}] |
crossway
(wn) | crossway
n 1: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn:
intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing,
carrefour] |
crossways
(wn) | crossways
adv 1: transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" [syn:
across, crosswise, crossways] |
expressway
(wn) | expressway
n 1: a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic [syn:
expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, {state
highway}, superhighway, throughway, thruway] |
hold sway
(wn) | hold sway
v 1: be master; reign or rule |
rashtriya swayamsevak sangh
(wn) | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
n 1: an all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster
nationalism in India's Hindus [syn: {Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh}, National Volunteers Association] |
sway
(wn) | sway
n 1: controlling influence
2: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen,
sway, tilt]
v 1: move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking";
"the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on
her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake]
2: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
[syn: swing, sway]
3: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His
speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade,
sway]
4: cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the
baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" [syn: rock,
sway] |
swayback
(wn) | swayback
adj 1: having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in
horses) [syn: dipped, lordotic, swayback,
swaybacked] |
swaybacked
(wn) | swaybacked
adj 1: having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in
horses) [syn: dipped, lordotic, swayback,
swaybacked] |
swayer
(wn) | swayer
n 1: a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"
[syn: ruler, swayer] |
unswayed
(wn) | unswayed
adj 1: not influenced or affected; "stewed in its petty
provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred
the old world"- V.L.Parrington; "unswayed by personal
considerations" [syn: uninfluenced, unswayed,
untouched] |
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