Swaying

  • 91Bibliography —    As the scope of the dictionary entries and extent of this bibliography make clear, there is a huge range of literature on shamans, from introductory works, general discussions on such topics as definition, and culture specific ethnographic… …

    Historical dictionary of shamanism

  • 92persuasive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inducive; cogent, convincing, logical; winning. See belief, cause. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. convincing, alluring, plausible, luring, seductive, wheedling, influential, winning, enticing,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 93wind — wind1 W2S2 [wınd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(air)¦ 2 get/have wind of something 3¦(breath)¦ 4¦(in your stomach)¦ 5 take the wind out of somebody s sails 6 see which way the wind is blowing 7 something is in the wind 8 winds of change/freedom/public opinion etc …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 94sway — [[t]swe͟ɪ[/t]] sways, swaying, swayed 1) VERB When people or things sway, they lean or swing slowly from one side to the other. [V adv/prep] The people swayed back and forth with arms linked... The whole boat swayed and tipped. [V ing] ...a… …

    English dictionary

  • 95swinging — swing·ing || swɪŋɪŋ adj. moving back and forth, swaying; rhythmic; spirited, lively; modern, fashionable, trendy; sexually promiscuous swɪŋ n. act of swinging; back and forth movement; sweeping motion made by the arm; swaying movement of… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 96shake — vb 1 Shake, tremble, quake, totter, quiver, shiver, shudder, quaver, wobble, teeter, shimmy, dither are comparable when they mean to exhibit vibratory, wavering, or oscillating movement often as an evidence of instability. Shake, the ordinary and …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 97swing — vb 1 Swing, wave, flourish, brandish, shake, thrash are comparable when they mean to wield or to handle something so that it moves alternately backward and forward or upward and downward or around and around. Swing often implies regular… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 98lightsome — I adj 1. airy, immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless, light, weightless, vaporous, vapory; visionary, phantasmal, chimeral, ethereal, otherworldly, dreamlike; feathery, fluffy, gossamery, gossamer, light as a feather; Ariel like; buoyant, resilient,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 99sway — I UK [sweɪ] / US verb Word forms sway : present tense I/you/we/they sway he/she/it sways present participle swaying past tense swayed past participle swayed * 1) a) [intransitive] to move or swing gently from side to side The ladder swayed… …

    English dictionary

  • 100dangle — dan•gle [[t]ˈdæŋ gəl[/t]] v. gled, gling, n. 1) to hang loosely, esp. with a swaying motion 2) to hang around or follow a person, as if seeking favor or attention 3) to cause to dangle; hold or carry swaying loosely 4) to offer as an inducement… …

    From formal English to slang