(sways, swaying, swayed)
1.
When people or things sway, they lean or swing slowly from one side to the other.
The people swayed back and forth with arms linked...
The whole boat swayed and tipped.
...a coastal highway lined with tall, swaying palm trees.
VERB: V adv/prep, V, V-ing
2.
If you are swayed by someone or something, you are influenced by them.
Don't ever be swayed by fashion.
...last minute efforts by the main political parties to sway the voters in tomorrow's local elections.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
3.
If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
South of the Usk, a completely different approach seems to hold sway...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR over n
4.
If you are under the sway of someone or something, they have great influence over you.
How mothers keep daughters under their sway is the subject of the next five sections.
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR