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ibew

icbw

iiwi

iiwi

noun

  1. A bird, the scarlet honeycreeper (Drepanis coccinea).

ilwu

iowa

iowa

Proper noun

  1. A Capital: Des Moines.

Noun

  1. One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.

iowt

iwao

iwis

iwis

adv

  1. (poetic, archaic) Certainly, surely, indeed.

jawn

jawn

noun

  1. (slang, chiefly Philadelphia) A woman.
  2. (slang, chiefly Philadelphia) Something; any object, place, or person.

verb

  1. Obsolete form of yawn.

jawp

jaws

jaws

noun

  1. (colloquial, eastern Ohio) a contrarian.
  2. (plural only) the borders of anything which has a mouthlike aspect.
  3. (plural only) the mouth
  4. plural of jaw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaw

jawy

jawy

adj

  1. (obsolete) Relating to the jaws.

jews

jews

noun

  1. Nonstandard spelling of Jews.
  2. plural of jew

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jew

jewy

jewy

Adjective

  1. Characteristic of a Jew or (the) Jews; Jewish

jhow

jhow

noun

  1. (East India) A species of grassy tamarisk shrub, Tamarix indica, common in river-marshes.

jhwh

jowl

jowl

noun

  1. a fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin).
  2. cut of fish including the head and adjacent parts
  3. the cheek; especially the cheek meat of a hog.
  4. the jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw, dash, or knock.

jows

jows

noun

  1. plural of jow

kiwi

kiwi

noun

  1. (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
  2. (military, slang) A member of the air force who does not fly.
  3. A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
  4. A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green).
  5. A kiwi fruit.
  6. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (person from New Zealand).

knaw

knaw

verb

  1. Archaic spelling of gnaw.
  2. Nonstandard form of know.

knew

knew

verb

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of know
  2. simple past tense of know

know

know

noun

  1. (rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing.
  2. Knowledge; the state of knowing; now confined to the fixed phrase ‘in the know’

verb

  1. (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
  2. (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be acquainted (with another person).
  4. (transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
  5. (transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
  6. (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
  7. (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
  8. (transitive) To experience.
  9. (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.
  10. (transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
  11. (transitive, archaic, biblical) To have sexual relations with. This meaning normally specified in modern English as e.g. to ’know someone in the biblical sense’ or to ‘know Biblically.’
  12. To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.

kowc

kwan

kwan

noun

  1. A school of Korean martial arts.

kwei

kwhr

kwic

kwic

Noun

  1. of: a list of phrases obtained by searching a corpus, each containing the node (or word of interest) and its surrounding cotext.

kwoc

kwok

kwon

lacw

lawk

lawn

lawn

noun

  1. (England, historical or regional) An open space between woods.
  2. (biology) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
  3. (countable, obsolete) A piece of clothing made from lawn.
  4. (in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
  5. (uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton.
  6. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

laws

laws

noun

  1. plural of law

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of law

lewd

lewd

adj

  1. (obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.
  2. (obsolete) Lay; not clerical.
  3. (obsolete) Uneducated.
  4. (obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
  5. Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.

noun

  1. A sexually suggestive image, particularly one which does not involve full nudity.

verb

  1. (slang) Alternative form of lude (“take the drug quaalude”)
  2. To express lust; to behave in a lewd manner.

liew

llew

lowa

lowe

lowe

noun

  1. Alternative form of low ("flame").

lowl

lown

lown

adj

  1. (chiefly Scotland) Peaceful, calm.

noun

  1. (Scotland) Calm, tranquillity.
  2. (obsolete) A low fellow.
  3. A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.

lows

lows

noun

  1. plural of low

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of low

lowy

lwei

lwei

noun

  1. a monetary unit of Angola used from 1975-1990, one hundredth of a kwanza.

lwop

lwsp

mawk

mawk

noun

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A slattern.
  2. (obsolete except in dialects) A maggot.

mawn

mawn

noun

  1. (Scotland, dialect) A maund; a basket or hamper.

mawp

mawr

maws

maws

noun

  1. plural of maw

mbwa

meaw

meaw

noun

  1. Obsolete form of mew (“seagull”).

verb

  1. Dated form of meow.

meow

meow

intj

  1. Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
  2. Said to denote seductiveness, mimicking a growl.
  3. The cry of a cat.

noun

  1. (UK, slang, uncountable) The drug mephedrone.

verb

  1. (intransitive) Of a cat, to make its cry.

mewl

mewl

noun

  1. A soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling.

verb

  1. To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.

mews

mews

noun

  1. (Britain) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
  2. (falconry) A place where birds of prey are housed.
  3. plural of mew

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mew

mofw

morw

mowe

mown

mown

verb

  1. past participle of mow

mows

mows

noun

  1. plural of mow

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mow

mowt

mpow

narw

nawt

news

news

noun

  1. (computing, Internet) Posts published on newsgroups
  2. Information about current events disseminated via media.
  3. New information of interest.

verb

  1. (transitive, archaic) To report; to make known.

newt

newt

noun

  1. A small lizard-like amphibian in the family Salamandridae that lives in the water as an adult.

nfwi

norw

nows

nows

noun

  1. plural of now

nowt

nowt

noun

  1. (Northern England, Sussex, Berkshire) Naught, nothing.
  2. (Scotland and Northern England) A herd of cattle.
  3. (Scotland and Northern England) An ox.
  4. (figurative, Scotland and Northern England) A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.

pron

  1. (Northern England) Naught, nothing.

nowy

nowy

adj

  1. (heraldry) Nowed (knotted).

nswc

nuww

nwbn

nwbw

nwlb

okwu

olwm

opcw

owed

owed

adj

  1. That owes.

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of owe

owen

owen

Proper noun

  1. name of origin, possibly derived from Eugene, cognate to Gaelic Eòghan.
  2. derived from the given name.
  3. from the Gaelic Mac Eoghain.
  4. A town in South Australia
  5. A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  6. A town in Indiana
  7. A city in Wisconsin

ower

ower

adj

  1. (Tyneside) overly, too

noun

  1. A person who owes something, especially money.

prep

  1. (Tyneside) over

owes

owes

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of owe

owhn

owls

owls

noun

  1. plural of owl

owly

owly

adj

  1. In a bad mood; cranky.
  2. Seeing poorly.

owns

owns

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of own

owse

pawk

pawk

noun

  1. (Scotland) A wile
  2. A small lobster.

pawl

pawl

noun

  1. A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
  2. A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.

verb

  1. (transitive) To stop with a pawl.

pawn

pawn

noun

  1. (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
  2. (figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
  3. (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
  4. (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
  5. (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
  6. A gallery.
  7. Alternative form of paan
  8. An instance of pawning something.

verb

  1. (video games) Alternative form of pwn
  2. To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
  3. To pledge; to stake or wager.

paws

paws

noun

  1. plural of paw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paw

pews

pews

noun

  1. plural of pew

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pew

pewy

phew

phew

intj

  1. Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise.
  2. Used to show disgust.

pkwy

plew

plew

noun

  1. (Canada, US) beaver pelt

plow

plow

noun

  1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of plough

powe

pows

pows

noun

  1. plural of pow

prew

prow

prow

adj

  1. (archaic) Brave, valiant, gallant.

noun

  1. (nautical) The front part of a vessel
  2. A vessel
  3. Alternative form of proa

pswm

pwca

quaw

quaw

noun

  1. Alternative form of quawmire

rawl

raws

raws

noun

  1. plural of raw

rowe

rows

rows

noun

  1. plural of row

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of row

rowt

rowt

noun

  1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of rout A loud noise.

verb

  1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of rout To make a loud noise.

rowy

rswc

sawn

sawn

verb

  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) past participle of see; seen
  2. past participle of saw

saws

saws

noun

  1. plural of saw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of saw

sawt

sawt

noun

  1. (music) A style of urban popular music associated mainly with Kuwait and Bahrain.

sbwr

scaw

scaw

noun

  1. (dialectal) A wood or forest; a shaw.
  2. Alternative form of skaw (“promontory”)

scow

scow

noun

  1. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.

verb

  1. (transitive) To transport in a scow.

seow

sewn

sewn

verb

  1. past participle of sew

sews

sews

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sew

shaw

shaw

noun

  1. (Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
  2. (dated, dialectal) A thicket; a small wood or grove.

shew

shew

verb

  1. (East Anglia) simple past tense of show
  2. Archaic spelling of show.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of shoo.

show

show

noun

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, countable) An agricultural show.
  2. (archaic) Pretence.
  3. (archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
  4. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
  5. (countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
  6. (countable) A demonstration.
  7. (countable) A movie.
  8. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
  9. (countable) An exhibition of items.
  10. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
  11. (military, slang) A battle; local conflict.
  12. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
  13. (obsolete) Plausibility.
  14. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
  15. (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
  16. A project or presentation.
  17. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
  2. (intransitive, card games) To reveal one's hand of cards.
  3. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
  4. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
  5. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
  6. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
  7. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
  8. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
  9. (transitive) To guide or escort.
  10. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.

shwa

shwa

noun

  1. Alternative form of schwa

skaw

skaw

noun

  1. A promontory.

skew

skew

adj

  1. (comparable, statistics) Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
  2. (not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
  3. (not comparable, geometry) Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.

adv

  1. (rare) Askew, obliquely; awry.

noun

  1. (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
  2. (architecture, obsolete) One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.
  3. (chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
  4. (electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
  5. (statistics) A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
  6. A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
  7. A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
  8. A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
  9. A squint or sidelong glance.
  10. An oblique or sideways movement.
  11. Something that has an oblique or slanted position.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
  2. (intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
  3. (intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
  4. (statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
  5. (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
  6. (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
  7. (transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.

slaw

slaw

noun

  1. (US, Canada) Coleslaw.

slew

slew

noun

  1. (US) A large amount.
  2. A change of position.
  3. A device used for slewing.
  4. A wet place; a river inlet.
  5. The act, or process of slewing.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To pivot.
  2. (intransitive) To skid.
  3. (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
  4. (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
  5. (transitive, Britain, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
  6. (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
  7. (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
  8. simple past tense of slay

slow

slow

adj

  1. (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
  2. (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
  3. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
  4. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
  5. Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
  6. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
  7. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

adv

  1. Slowly.

noun

  1. (music) A slow song.
  2. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
  2. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
  3. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.

smew

smew

noun

  1. A small compact diving duck, Mergus albellus, that breeds in the northern taiga of Europe and Asia and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes.

snaw

snew

snew

verb

  1. (dialectal) simple past tense of snow
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To abound.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To snow.

snow

snow

noun

  1. (countable) A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.
  2. (nautical) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
  3. (uncountable) A shade of the color white.
  4. (uncountable) Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.
  5. (uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.
  6. (uncountable) The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.
  7. (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
  8. marine snow

verb

  1. (colloquial) To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.
  2. (impersonal) To have snow fall from the sky.
  3. (poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.

sowf

sowl

sowl

noun

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.
  2. Archaic spelling of soul.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To soil or stain; to dirty.
  2. (transitive) To pull (especially an animal) by the ears; to drag about.

sown

sown

noun

  1. (especially historiography) Cultivated land inhabited by sedentary agriculturalists, in contrast to the nomad pastoralists of the steppe or desert.

verb

  1. past participle of sow

sows

sows

noun

  1. plural of sow

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sow

sowt

spew

spew

noun

  1. (slang) Ejaculate or ejaculation.
  2. A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
  3. Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.
  4. Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
  5. Nonsense or lies.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.
  2. (intransitive) To be written or spoken voluminously.
  3. (intransitive) To ejaculate.
  4. (intransitive, informal) To vomit.
  5. (intransitive, leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
  6. (transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,
  7. (transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.

staw

staw

verb

  1. (UK, dialect, intransitive) To be fixed or set; to stay.

stew

stew

noun

  1. (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
  2. (US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
  3. (archaic) A brothel.
  4. (informal) A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
  5. (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
  6. (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
  7. (slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
  8. (uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing.

verb

  1. (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
  3. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
  4. (transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.

stow

stow

intj

  1. (obsolete) A cry used by falconers to call their birds back down to hand.

noun

  1. (rare) A place, stead.

verb

  1. (obsolete, slang, transitive) To cease; to stop doing something.
  2. To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
  3. To dispose of, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.
  4. To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
  5. To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.

suwe

swab

swab

noun

  1. (medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
  2. (slang) A naval officer's epaulet.
  3. (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
  4. A mop, especially on a ship.
  5. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
  6. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).

verb

  1. (transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.

swad

swad

noun

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
  2. (mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
  3. (obsolete) A boor, lout.
  4. (obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
  5. A bunch, clump, mass

swag

swag

noun

  1. (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
  2. (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
  3. (countable, Australia, dated) The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.
  4. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.
  5. (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
  6. (uncountable, informal) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
  7. (uncountable, thieves' cant) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
  8. (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
  9. A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.
  10. Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.

verb

  1. (Australia, transitive, intransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
  2. (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
  3. (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
  4. (transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.
  5. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) sway.
  6. To transport stolen goods.

swak

swam

swam

verb

  1. simple past tense of swim

swan

swan

noun

  1. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
  2. (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).
  3. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.

verb

  1. (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
  2. (intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.

swap

swap

noun

  1. (Cambridge University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.
  2. (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
  3. (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
  4. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
  5. An exchange of two comparable things.

verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
  2. (transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.

swas

swat

swat

noun

  1. A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
  2. Alternate spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution.

verb

  1. (US, slang, transitive) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).
  2. (transitive) To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit.

sway

sway

noun

  1. A rocking or swinging motion.
  2. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
  3. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
  4. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
  5. Rule; dominion; control; power.
  6. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
  7. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.

verb

  1. (nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
  2. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
  3. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
  4. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
  5. To have weight or influence.
  6. To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
  7. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
  8. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.

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