▸ 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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