Sway

1. To have weight or influence.
2. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
3. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
4. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
5. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
6. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
7. To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.
8. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
9. Rule; dominion; control.
10. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
11. To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
12. 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.
13. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.