Čo znamená sway v angličtine a aká je definícia sway?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť sway výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

sway Význam & definícia

0 to move slowly from side to side:
- The trees were swaying in the wind.
- The movement of the ship caused the mast to sway from side to side/back and forth.
- A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to stay upright.
- Recent developments have swayed the balance of power in the region.
1 to persuade someone to believe or do one thing rather than another:
- Her speech failed to sway her colleagues into supporting the plan.
2 control or influence:
- In the 1980s, the organization came under the sway of (= became strongly influenced by) Christian fundamentalism.
- Her parents no longer seem to have much sway over her.
- The party could hold sway (= have an important influence) on some crucial votes.
3 to move slowly from side to side:
- The trees sway in the wind.
4 to persuade someone to believe or to do something:
- Were you swayed by her arguments?
5 a slow movement from side to side:
- The car showed lots of sway in crosswinds.
6 the ability to persuade:
- As a young musician, he fell under the sway of Louis Armstrong.
- Large corporations hold sway with Congress.

As a taped musician crooned a tune about love and the beauties of nature, the puppet swayed and gesticulated with realistic grace.
The investigators speculated that the latter's preferences were based on stable habits that were not as easily swayed by the framing manipulations (10).
What is fitting, then, is what moves, convinces, or sways an audience.
The computer interprets the sounds received from the three swaying microphones and responds by playing new notes over the three speakers.
Women are often said to be more swayed by their emotions, although solid scholarly research is scarce on the point at best.
The rejection of the regime and the dynamics of the opposition certainly played a part, but less so than the swaying power of the towns.
The use of body contact such as patting, rocking, stroking, walking and swaying in tempo with their singing was demonstrated.
After pinch-off of the main drop, the filament that remains sways, while elastically retracting back into the orifice, as shown in frames (d) and (e).