sway

Betekenis (English)

Verb

1. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
2. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
3. To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
4. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
5. To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
6. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
7. To have weight or influence.
8. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

Noun

1. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
2. A rocking or swinging motion.
3. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
4. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
5. Rule; dominion; control; power.
6. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
7. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.

Concepten

zwaaien

slingeren

zwiepen

zwieren

overhellen

overwicht

schommelen

vermogen

zwaai

beïnvloeden

buitenwijken

heersen

invloed

invloed hebben op

Synonyms

swing

rock

🪨

shake

wave

👋

stagger

wobble

totter

oscillate

influence

reel

waver

flutter

roll

lurch

affect

control

tremble

brandish

persuade

rule

wabble

dominion

flicker

teeter

heave

careen

induce

vibrate

authority

power

vacillate

dangle

pitch

tilt

wag

convince

domination

swag

unsteady

be unsteady

lumber along

bend

stumble

waggle

jolt

flourish

fluctuate

jurisdiction

hang

carry

reign

agitate

supremacy

command

govern

abet

rickety

rinse

dominance

incite

incline

shape

jar

🫙

jerk

bounce

sovereignty

keel

lean

bump

stir up

swaying

flapping

swerve

mastery

modify

be lopsided

clean up

clear up

undulation

vacillation

waddle

clout

ascendancy

wield

wiggle

wobbling

glide

blow about

weight

puissance

rock to and fro

quiver

rattle

weak

work on

yaw

backward and forward

be capricious

pursue erratic course

stroke

make anxious

lean to a particular side

persuade somebody to believe

swish back and forth

waver between opinions

waving motion

swinging motion

seving

weight with

ability

act

agitated

alter

ascendance

attraction

authorisation

authorization

bias

billow

change

coconut

🥥

dance

💃

direct

disturbed

domineer

drift

empire

falter

flap

float

flounder

fluctuation

form

get

graceful

guide

hold

hover

hurtle

impact

impinge

impress

jiggle

joggle

jounce

leadership

lean over

leverage

magnetism

manipulate

move

move around

movement

navigate

office

🏢

oscillation

palpitate

patronize

pendulousness

pliant

prerogative

primacy

pull

pulsate

raj

restless

ride

ripple

rockiness

row

rulership

run

rustle

sceptre

seesaw

shilly shally

shock

⚡

slant

slope

soft

spell

splash

stalk

state

steer

stir

supple

suzerainty

swagger

sweep

swish

switch

throb

toddle

toss

touch

transform

turn

undulate

veer

wavering

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/sweɪ/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: sweyen

Cognate with Saterfries: swooie

Cognate with Nederlands: zwaaien

Cognate with Litouws: svaĩgti

Cognate with Avestisch: 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀

Cognate with Sanskriet: स्वजते

In summary

From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old Norse sveigja (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną (compare Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”), Dutch zwaaien, Dutch Low Saxon sweuen (“to sway in the wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- (compare Lithuanian svaĩgti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (paⁱri-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”).
The noun derived from the verb.