Definitions for swayed

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Spelling: [sweyd]

IPA: /sweɪd/

Swayed is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in swayed (adeswy).

Definitions for swayed

noun

1. the act of swaying; swaying movement.
2. rule; dominion:
3. dominating power or influence:

adjective

1. swaybacked.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to move to and fro or to incline from side to side.
2. to cause to move to one side or in a particular direction.
3. Nautical. to hoist or raise (a yard, topmast, or the like) (usually followed by up).
4. to cause to fluctuate or vacillate.
5. to cause (the mind, emotions, etc., or a person) to incline or turn in a specified way; influence.
6. to cause to swerve, as from a purpose or a course of action:
7. to dominate; direct.
8. to wield, as a weapon or scepter.
9. to rule; govern.

verb (used without object)

1. to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
2. to move or incline to one side or in a particular direction.
3. to incline in opinion, sympathy, tendency, etc.:
4. to fluctuate or vacillate, as in opinion:
5. to wield power; exercise rule.

Origin of swayed

First recorded in 1570-80; sway + -ed²

Examples for swayed

They swayed, then separated as though they had been torn apart.

But were there no other considerations which swayed him from the cloisters towards the world?

She swayed a little, so that the officer tightened his clasp on her wrist.

U.S. officials say that this time around there were three factors that swayed Clapper to support the deal.

Whether the Venezuelans will be swayed by such maneuvers is another matter.

She swayed forward bodily to his tug, and nearly went off the chair.

Even services that claim neutrality can be swayed by the stockpile of personal data now available to them.

I saw first hand when I was a trial lawyer that a jury —and even a judge- could be swayed by any one piece of evidence.

Morales also served two years for an attempted rape when he was a juvenile, which also swayed the jury, she says.

At the first step Mortimer staggered and swayed like a drunken man.