Sway
noun
- 1.
- (Influence or control, rule, dominion) ការយោល, ការរារែក
Example: The trees swayed in the wind, My resolution never sways, sway a nation, under the sway. degree of sway ដំណើរយោល, hold sway over the country ឥទ្ធិពល
Example: The sway of the ferry made him feel sick. - 2.
- ឥទ្ធិពល ការលំអៀងទៅខាង
verb — past tense: swayed ; past participle: swayed ; present participle: swaying ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to swing or cause to swing gently to lean from side to side or to one side, to vacillate in position, judgment or opinion) ឃ្លោង, យោគ, យោលខ្លួន, sway back and forth យោល, sway to one side ទេរ, sway toward his point of view លំអៀង
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) មានឥទ្ធិពលលើ, ទេរទៅខាង, លំអៀង
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to cause to sway, to influence in a certain direction) sway a bridge ធ្វើអោយយោល, sway public opinion ធ្វើអោយទៅខាងណាម្ខាង
Example: He swayed slightly as if about to fall.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
- 2.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
- 3.
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- 4.
- Rule; dominion; control.
- 5.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
verb — past tense: swayed ; past participle: swayed ; present participle: swaying ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
- 7.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To have weight or influence.
- 8.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
- 1.
- authority, control, dominion, influence, mastery, power
- 2.
- actuate, affect, bias, control, direct, dominate, govern, impel, incite, influence, prevail, rule
- 3.
- fluctuate, oscillate, swing, wave