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[Noun] | "sway" | \ ˈswā \

1: the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion

2: an inclination or deflection caused by or as if by swaying

3: a controlling influence

Origin: 14th century ;

Middle English sweigh, from sweyen;

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[Noun] | "sway bar"

1: a bar that torsionally couples the right and left front-wheel suspensions of an automobile to reduce roll and sway

Origin: 1949 ;

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[Verb] | "sway"

1: to swing slowly and rhythmically back and forth from a base or pivot

2: to move gently from an upright to a leaning position

3: to hold sway : act as ruler or governor

Origin: circa 1500 ;

Alteration of earlier swey to fall, swoon, from Middle English sweyen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse sveigja to sway; akin to Lithuanian svaigti to become dizzy;

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[Verb] | "hold" | \ ˈhōld \

1: to have possession or ownership of or have at one's disposal

2: to have as a privilege or position of responsibility

3: to have as a mark of distinction

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English holden, going back to Old English healdan, going back to Germanic *hald-a-, whence also Old High German haltan "to protect, guard, hold," Old Saxon haldan, Old Norse halda, Gothic haldan "to tend, graze (cattle)"; perhaps, if -d- (going back to Indo-European *-dh-) is a root extension with resultative meaning, a derivative from the Indo-European base *kelh1- "set in motion," with sense shift from "pasture" to "keep, protect" to "hold" {mat|accelerate|};

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[Idiom] | "under one's sway"

1: in or into a state of being controlled by (someone)

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[Idiom] | "under the sway of (someone)"

1: in or into a state of being controlled by (someone)

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[Noun] | "sway"

1: the power to bring about a result on another;

* e.g., " ... under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job "

2: the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly;

* e.g., " ... outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities "

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3: the right or means to command or control others;

* e.g., " ... a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East "

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[Verb] | "sway"

1: to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response;

* e.g., " ... how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, Please take me home with you? "

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2: to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions;

* e.g., " ... the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous "

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3: to exercise authority or power over;

* e.g., " ... an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world "

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[Verb] | "hold"

1: to have or keep in one's hands;

* e.g., " ... this casserole dish is too hot to hold, so grab a potholder "

Synonyms :
clench,
cling (to),
clutch,
grip

2: to continue to have in one's possession or power;

* e.g., " ... she, and she alone, held the keys to the mysterious chest "

Synonyms :
keep,
reserve,
retain,
withhold

Antonyms :
lack,
want

3: to have as an opinion;

* e.g., " ... We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal "

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