Usually means: Influences, moves, or shifts gradually.
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  1. sways: Merriam-Webster
  2. sways: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. sways: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sways: Wiktionary
  7. sways: Dictionary.com
  8. sways: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Sway)

noun:  The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
noun:  A rocking or swinging motion.
noun:  Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
noun:  Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
noun:  Rule; dominion; control; power.
noun:  A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
noun:  The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
verb:  (intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
verb:  (transitive) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
verb:  (transitive) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
verb:  (nautical, transitive) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
verb:  To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
verb:  To have weight or influence.
verb:  To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
noun:  A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2798).
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