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1 sway
1. intransitive verb[hin und her] schwanken; (gently) sich wiegen2. transitive verb 3. nounHerrschaft, diehave somebody under one's sway, hold sway over somebody — über jemanden herrschen
* * *[swei] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) move from side to side or up and down with a swinging or rocking action: The branches swayed gently in the breeze.) schaukeln2) (to influence the opinion etc of: She's too easily swayed by her feelings.) beeinflussen2. noun1) (the motion of swaying: the sway of the ship's deck.) das Schaukeln2) (power, rule or control: people under the sway of the dictator.) die Herrschaft* * *[sweɪ]to \sway from side to side hin und her schwankento \sway backwards and forwards hin und her schaukelnII. vt1. (swing)to \sway one's hips sich akk in den Hüften wiegen▪ to be \swayed by sb/sth sich akk von jdm/etw beeinflussen lassen; (change mind) von jdm/etw umgestimmt werdenwere you \swayed by her arguments? haben ihre Argumente dich rumgekriegt? fam▪ to \sway sth etw ändernto come under the \sway of sb/sth unter den Einfluss einer Person/einer S. gen geratento hold \sway [over sb/sth] [über jdn/etw] herrschenNewtonian physics held \sway until the advent of Einstein and relativity die Newtonsche Physik war vorherrschend, bis Einstein mit der Relativitätstheorie auftrat* * *[sweɪ]1. n1) (= movement of trees) Sichwiegen nt; (of hanging object) Schwingen nt; (of building, mast, bridge etc, unsteady person) Schwanken nt; (of train, boat) Schaukeln nt; (of hips) Wackeln nt; (fig) Schwenken nt2) (= influence, rule) Macht f (over über +acc)to bring a city/a people under one's sway — sich (dat) eine Stadt/ein Volk unterwerfen
to hold sway over sb/a nation — jdn/ein Volk beherrschen or in seiner Macht haben
2. vi(trees) sich wiegen; (hanging object) schwingen; (building, mast, bridge etc, unsteady person) schwanken; (train, boat) schaukeln; (hips) wackeln; (fig) schwenkenshe sways as she walks —
3. vt2) (= influence) beeinflussen; (= change sb's mind) umstimmen* * *sway [sweı]A v/i1. schwanken:a) sich wiegen, schaukelnb) taumeln2. sich neigen3. fig sich zuneigen (to dat)4. figa) sich bewegen (between … and zwischen dat … und):sway backwards and forwards hin- und herwogen (Schlacht etc)b) schwanken (between … and zwischen dat … und)B v/t1. etwas schwenken, schaukeln, wiegen:sway one’s hips sich in den Hüften wiegen2. neigen4. fig die Massen etc beeinflussen, lenken, beherrschen:sway the audience das Publikum mitreißen;his speech swayed the elections seine Rede beeinflusste die Wahlen entscheidend;swaying arguments unwiderlegliche Argumente5. besonders poet das Zepter etc schwingen6. beherrschen, herrschen über (akk)C s1. Schwanken n, Wiegen n2. Schwung m, Wucht f3. Einfluss m, Bann m:4. Herrschaft f, Gewalt f:hold sway over → B 6;under the sway of a dictator in der Gewalt oder unter der Herrschaft eines Diktators* * *1. intransitive verb[hin und her] schwanken; (gently) sich wiegen2. transitive verb1) wiegen [Kopf, Hüften, Zweig, Wipfel]; hin und her schwanken lassen [Baum, Mast, Antenne]2) (have influence over) beeinflussen; (persuade) überreden3. nounHerrschaft, diehave somebody under one's sway, hold sway over somebody — über jemanden herrschen
* * *n.Einfluss -¨e m. v.schwanken v.wippen v.
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