Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sway
Participle: swayed
Gerund: swaying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sway |
| you | sway |
| he;she;it | sways |
| we | sway |
| you | sway |
| they | sway |
Perfect
| I | have swayed |
| you | have swayed |
| he;she;it | has swayed |
| we | have swayed |
| you | have swayed |
| they | have swayed |
Past
| I | swayed |
| you | swayed |
| he;she;it | swayed |
| we | swayed |
| you | swayed |
| they | swayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had swayed |
| you | had swayed |
| he;she;it | had swayed |
| we | had swayed |
| you | had swayed |
| they | had swayed |
Future
| I | will sway |
| you | will sway |
| he;she;it | will sway |
| we | will sway |
| you | will sway |
| they | will sway |
Future Perfect
| I | will have swayed |
| you | will have swayed |
| he;she;it | will have swayed |
| we | will have swayed |
| you | will have swayed |
| they | will have swayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sway |
| you | sway |
| he;she;it | sway |
| we | sway |
| you | sway |
| they | sway |
Perfect
| I | have swayed |
| you | have swayed |
| he;she;it | have swayed |
| we | have swayed |
| you | have swayed |
| they | have swayed |
Imperfect
| I | swayed |
| you | swayed |
| he;she;it | swayed |
| we | swayed |
| you | swayed |
| they | swayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had swayed |
| you | had swayed |
| he;she;it | had swayed |
| we | had swayed |
| you | had swayed |
| they | had swayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sway |
| you | would sway |
| he;she;it | would sway |
| we | would sway |
| you | would sway |
| they | would sway |
Perfect
| I | would have swayed |
| you | would have swayed |
| he;she;it | would have swayed |
| we | would have swayed |
| you | would have swayed |
| they | would have swayed |
Imperative
| you | sway |
| we | Let's sway |
| you | sway |
Verbs conjugated like 'sway'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sway'
say,
slay,
spay,
stay,
swab,
swag,
swan,
swap,
swat,
way,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- move gently back and forth
- rock
- to [[move]], or [[swing]], backward and forward or from side to side
- rock, waver
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old English *swǣġan (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-West Germanic *swaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁-
2. See also Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”); also Lithuanian svai̇̃gti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (paⁱri-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”).
3. The noun derived from the verb. See: Middle English '
sweyen', Frisian, Saterlandic 'swooie', Sanskrit '
स्वजते'.
Verbs referencing "sway"
Proto-Slavic
sъkati, Proto-Slavic
xvěti, Lithuanian
svajoti.
Sample Sentences
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[...] feather cushions,—a real comfortable, persuasive old chair, and worth, in the way of honest, homely enjoyment, a dozen of your plush or _brochetelle_ drawing-room gentry; and in the chair, gently swaying back and forward, her eyes bent on some fine sewing, sat our fine old friend Eliza. Yes, there she is, paler and thinner than in her Kentucky home, with a world of quiet sorrow lying under the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] with which she spoke, that, for a season, Tom was beguiled even from the pain of his wounds, and, raising himself on one elbow, watched her as she paced restlessly up and down, her long black hair swaying heavily about her, as she moved.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] justly, on the great interests of humanity, is a constant benefactor to the human race. See, then, to your sympathies in this matter ! Are they in harmony with the sympathies of Christ ? or are they swayed and perverted by the sophistries of worldly policy ?
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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♪ I sway like a love-sick snake With desire for you, I ache ♪
(Magudam)