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"word": "anti-sway bar"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hold sway"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sway-backed"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"2": "𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀",
"3": "𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀",
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},
"expansion": "Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (paⁱri-šxuaxta, “to surround”)",
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}
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]
}
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],
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],
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
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],
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"word": "heiluminen"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "heilunta"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"word": "heilahdus"
},
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"word": "huitaisu"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balancement"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oscillation"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abalo"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vango"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balouco"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 1 0 0 0 2",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schwingen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 1 0 0 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schwenken"
},
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"word": "hullámzás"
},
{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"word": "ringatózás"
},
{
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"word": "ingás"
},
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
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],
"word": "lendülés"
},
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ondeggiamento"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluttuazione"
},
{
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dondolio"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 1 0 0 0 2",
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oscillazione"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 1 0 0 0 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svai"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 1 0 0 0 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačánije",
"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кача́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 1 0 0 0 2",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balanceo"
}
]
},
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{
"text": "The old song caused a little sway in everyone in the room.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A rocking or swinging motion."
],
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],
[
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]
],
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],
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"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljuleene",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "люлеене"
},
{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oljuljavane",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "олюляване"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"word": "huojuminen"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"word": "huojunta"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"word": "keinahdus"
},
{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"word": "keinunta"
},
{
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"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balancement"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "basculement"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oscillation"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Hin- und Herschwingen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Mitschwingen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"word": "hullámzás"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"word": "ringatózás"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"word": "hintázás"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"word": "lendülés"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tentennamento"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 1 0 0 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačánije",
"sense": "a rocking or swinging motion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кача́ние"
}
]
},
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}
],
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{
"text": "I doubt I'll hold much sway with someone so powerful.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 April 28, Tara Siegel Bernard, “Trading Stock Tips on TikTok, Newbies Are Deeply Invested in Learning”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
"text": "Though both Mr. Knight and Mr. Hennessey view themselves as traders first, the “finfluencer” culture has flourished with the surge in online interest, and they have considerable sway.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side"
],
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[
"Influence",
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],
[
"weight",
"weight"
],
[
"authority",
"authority"
]
],
"tags": [
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],
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"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlijanie",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "влияние"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"word": "vaikutusvalta"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"word": "painoarvo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"word": "paino"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"word": "autorité"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poids"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "influence"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Einfluss"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Beeinflussung"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Macht"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gewicht"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"word": "ráhatás"
},
{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardréim"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preponderanza"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inclinazione"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spinta"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "influencia"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "influjo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 92 0 4 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "preponderancia"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Preponderance; turn or cast of balance."
],
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"links": [
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"Preponderance",
"preponderance"
]
],
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],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 98 1 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "preponderance; turn or cast of balance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prépondérance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 98 1 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "preponderance; turn or cast of balance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Übergewichtigkeit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 98 1 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "preponderance; turn or cast of balance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Übergewicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 98 1 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "preponderance; turn or cast of balance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "influenza"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:",
"text": "Prospero:[…]Confederates / (ſo drie he was for Sway) with King of Naples / To giue him Annuall tribute, doe him homage / Subiect his Coronet, to his Crowne and bend / The Dukedom yet vnbow'd (alas poore Millaine) / To moſt ignoble ſtooping.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2019 June 8, Toru Takahashi, “Prayuth's return as prime minister takes Thailand back to 1980s”, in Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Inc, retrieved 2019-06-09:",
"text": "Prayuth's return as prime minister takes Thailand back to 1980s. Military still holds sway in a democracy that has yet to mature.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Rule; dominion; control; power."
],
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"rule"
],
[
"dominion",
"dominion"
],
[
"control",
"control"
],
[
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"power"
]
],
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],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlast",
"sense": "rule; dominion; control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "власт"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 4 2 92 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rule; dominion; control",
"word": "valta"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 4 2 92 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rule; dominion; control",
"word": "hallinta"
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"text": "The trees swayed in the breeze.",
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[
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[
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[
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],
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"(intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock."
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"word": "երերալ"
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"code": "az",
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"word": "yırğalanmaq"
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{
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "люлея се"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "balancejar"
},
{
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"word": "balandrejar-se"
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{
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"code": "ca",
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"word": "gronxar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "搖晃"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yáohuang",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "摇晃"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "搖擺"
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{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "yáobǎi",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "摇摆"
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{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
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"word": "balanci"
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{
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"word": "sveiggja"
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{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "keinua"
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{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "keinahdella"
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{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "huojua"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "vaarua"
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{
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"word": "balancer"
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{
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"word": "abalar"
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"word": "vanguear"
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{
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"word": "schaukeln"
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{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "de",
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"word": "sich wiegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "schwanken"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "hin- und herschwingen"
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{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "hu",
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"word": "hullámzik"
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{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
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"word": "imbolyog"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "ring"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "hu",
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"word": "ringatózik"
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{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "himbálózik"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "hintázik"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "inog"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "horjua"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "häilyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "häylyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "agitarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "scuotersi"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "ondeggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "tentennare"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "inclinarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yureru",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "揺れる"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "yool",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "យោល"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "vacillō"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"note": "of the body as in dancing",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "koiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "tītahataha"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "kōngangengange"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "raumaewa"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of trees in a breeze",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "tūohu"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of the hips to music",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "whatiwhati"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "tīoioi"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "ori"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "svaie"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "trząść"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "balançar"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačátʹsja",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "кача́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "pohupovať sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "balancear"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "bambolear"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "cimbrarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "mimbrear"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "contonearse"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "cantonearse"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"tags": [
"Latin-America"
],
"word": "denguear"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"tags": [
"Latin-America"
],
"word": "tongonearse"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "mecerse"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "vaja"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "đu"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 5 1 8 1 1 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "đung đưa"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to sway the sceptre",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42:",
"text": "As sparckles from the Anduile vse to fly, / When heauie hammers on the wedge are swaid",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield."
],
"id": "en-sway-en-verb-zkm07So8",
"links": [
[
"wield",
"wield"
],
[
"hand",
"hand"
],
[
"swing",
"swing"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljuleja",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "люлея"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "heilauttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "heiluttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"english": "repeatedly",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "vilkuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "schwingen"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "schwenken"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "suhint"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "lóbál"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "sventolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "sbattere"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "scuotere"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "agitare"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "svinge"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačátʹ",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "кача́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "bambolear"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 83 1 2 2 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "balancear"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Do you think you can sway their decision?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1697, Virgil, translated by John Dryden, The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "This was the race / To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:",
"text": "After all this time […] the woman who endured all that by focusing on her hit list can be swayed from her course by the prospect of her family and her home.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade."
],
"id": "en-sway-en-verb-zyP8Tnk1",
"links": [
[
"influence",
"influence"
],
[
"direct",
"direct"
],
[
"power",
"power"
],
[
"authority",
"authority"
],
[
"persuasion",
"persuasion"
],
[
"moral",
"moral"
],
[
"force",
"force"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"govern",
"govern"
],
[
"guide",
"guide"
],
[
"persuade",
"persuade"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 51 3 3 18 22 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povlijavam",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "повлиявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 51 3 3 18 22 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "vaikuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 51 3 3 18 22 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "hallita"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 51 3 3 18 22 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "influencer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 51 3 3 18 22 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "beeinflussen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 51 3 3 18 22 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "beherrschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 51 3 3 18 22 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "téigh i bhfeidhm ar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 51 3 3 18 22 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "whakapakepake"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 51 3 3 18 22 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "rządzić"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "reeds swayed by the wind",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "judgment swayed by passion",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], 8th edition, London: […] T. Goodwin, B[enjamin] Tooke, and J. Pemberton, […]; J. Round […], and J[acob] Tonson] […], published 1720, →OCLC:",
"text": "Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp."
],
"id": "en-sway-en-verb-8qQ-O9be",
"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"incline",
"incline"
],
[
"bias",
"bias"
],
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"bend",
"bend"
],
[
"warp",
"warp"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 2 1 76 1 12 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaljuljavam",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"word": "залюлявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 1 76 1 12 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"word": "heiluttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 1 76 1 12 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"word": "keinuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 1 76 1 12 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"word": "beeinflussen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 1 76 1 12 1 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"word": "löyhyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 1 76 1 12 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orientamento"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 1 76 1 12 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tendenza"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 1 76 1 12 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inclinazione"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 1 76 1 12 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piegamento"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 18 1 4 4 5 16 2 10 5 10 9 9 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to sway up the yards",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hoist (a mast or yard) into position."
],
"id": "en-sway-en-verb-Ga9XSp8X",
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"hoist",
"hoist"
],
[
"mast",
"mast"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical, transitive) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 1 4 5 74 5 5 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nautical: to hoist into position",
"word": "nostaa"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a VVarre vvith Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany VVorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, page 64:",
"text": "euen in these Personall Respects, the Ballance swayes on our part: […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline."
],
"id": "en-sway-en-verb-t6nqAbF0",
"links": [
[
"drawn",
"drawn"
],
[
"lean",
"lean"
],
[
"incline",
"incline"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 0 7 17 2 57 14 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be drawn to one side by weight or influence",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vychýlit"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 7 17 2 57 14 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be drawn to one side by weight or influence",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "naklonit"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 7 17 2 57 14 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be drawn to one side by weight or influence",
"word": "kallistua"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 7 17 2 57 14 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to be drawn to one side by weight or influence",
"word": "prevažovať"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):",
"text": "The example of sundry churches […] doth sway much.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have weight or influence."
],
"id": "en-sway-en-verb-7-KVz1ll",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 11 1 2 18 66 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have weight or influence",
"word": "vaikuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 11 1 2 18 66 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have weight or influence",
"word": "influencer"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:",
"text": "Hadst thou swayed as kings should do.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"text": "Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.",
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"text": "This was the race / To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.",
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"ref": "2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:",
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"ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:",
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "搖晃"
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"word": "摇晃"
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"word": "摇摆"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "schaukeln"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "sich wiegen"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "schwanken"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "ringatózik"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "himbálózik"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "hintázik"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "inog"
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{
"code": "izh",
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"word": "horjua"
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"code": "izh",
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"word": "häilyä"
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "häylyä"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "agitarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "scuotersi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "ondeggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "tentennare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "inclinarsi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yureru",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "揺れる"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "yool",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "យោល"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "vacillō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"note": "of the body as in dancing",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "koiri"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "tītahataha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "kōngangengange"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "raumaewa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of trees in a breeze",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "tūohu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of the hips to music",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "whatiwhati"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "tīoioi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "ori"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "svaie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "trząść"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "balançar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačátʹsja",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "кача́ться"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "pohupovať sa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "balancear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "bambolear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "cimbrarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "mimbrear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "contonearse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "cantonearse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"tags": [
"Latin-America"
],
"word": "denguear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"tags": [
"Latin-America"
],
"word": "tongonearse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "mecerse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "vaja"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "đu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock",
"word": "đung đưa"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljuleja",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "люлея"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "heilauttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "heiluttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "repeatedly",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "vilkuttaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "schwingen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "schwenken"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "suhint"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "lóbál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "sventolare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "sbattere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "scuotere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "agitare"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "svinge"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačátʹ",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "кача́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "bambolear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move or wield with the hand",
"word": "balancear"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povlijavam",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "повлиявам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "vaikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "hallita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "influencer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "beeinflussen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "beherrschen"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "téigh i bhfeidhm ar"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "whakapakepake"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to influence or direct by power and authority",
"word": "rządzić"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaljuljavam",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"word": "залюлявам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"word": "heiluttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"word": "keinuttaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"word": "beeinflussen"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"word": "löyhyttää"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orientamento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tendenza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inclinazione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piegamento"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nautical: to hoist into position",
"word": "nostaa"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be drawn to one side by weight or influence",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vychýlit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be drawn to one side by weight or influence",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "naklonit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be drawn to one side by weight or influence",
"word": "kallistua"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to be drawn to one side by weight or influence",
"word": "prevažovať"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have weight or influence",
"word": "vaikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have weight or influence",
"word": "influencer"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlastvam",
"sense": "to bear sway; to rule; to govern",
"word": "властвам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bear sway; to rule; to govern",
"word": "hallita"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sway"
],
"word": "sway"
}
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