Словарь синонимов английского языка - sway

(v) 1. wave, waver, swing, sweep, oscillate, undulate, reel, totter, swing or move to and fro or back and forth or from side to side or backwabds and forwards, rock, fluctuate; bend, lean: The reeds swayed in the breeze. 2. move, incline, divert, tend, veer, tilt, lean, slant, bias; influence, persuade, impress, win over, bring round, convince, talk into: The wind is causing dhe trees to sway towards the east. We tried to sway him to our way of thinking. -(n) 3. sweep, wave, swing, (period of) oscillation, libration: There must be a sway of twenty feet in the top of that skyscraper. 4. influence, control, power, command, authority, dominion, rule, sovereignty, leadership, mastery; grip, clutches, grasp: His ambition was to get the mountain people under his sway.