5 letter words starting with sw

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  • SWABS
  • SWACK
  • SWADS
  • SWAGE
  • SWAGS
  • SWAIL
  • SWAIN
  • SWALE
  • SWALY
  • SWAMI
  • SWAMP
  • SWAMY
  • SWANG
  • SWANK
  • SWANS
  • SWAPS
  • SWAPT
  • SWARD
  • SWARE
  • SWARF
  • SWARM
  • SWART
  • SWASH
  • SWATH
  • SWATS
  • SWAYL
  • SWAYS
  • SWEAL
  • SWEAR
  • SWEAT
  • SWEDE
  • SWEED
  • SWEEL
  • SWEEP
  • SWEER
  • SWEES
  • SWEET
  • SWEIR
  • SWELL
  • SWELT
  • SWEPT
  • SWERF
  • SWEYS
  • SWIES
  • SWIFT
  • SWIGS
  • SWILE
  • SWILL
  • SWIMS
  • SWINE
  • SWING
  • SWINK
  • SWIPE
  • SWIRE
  • SWIRL
  • SWISH
  • SWISS
  • SWITH
  • SWITS
  • SWIVE
  • SWIZZ
  • SWOBS
  • SWOLE
  • SWOLL
  • SWOLN
  • SWOON
  • SWOOP
  • SWOPS
  • SWOPT
  • SWORD
  • SWORE
  • SWORN
  • SWOTS
  • SWOUN
  • SWUNG

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Definition of sways

sways (noun)

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

sways (verb)

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

Definition of sweep

sweep (noun)

  1. A single action of sweeping.
  2. The person who steers a dragon boat.
  3. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
  4. A chimney sweep.
  5. A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
  6. A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
  7. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
  8. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
  9. A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
  10. Violent and general destruction.
  11. A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
  12. In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
  13. The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
  14. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
  15. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
  16. A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
  17. (refining) The almond furnace.
  18. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
  19. Any of the blades of a windmill.
  20. (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
  21. Any of several sea chub in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.
  22. An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.

sweep (verb)

  1. To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
  2. To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
  3. To search (a place) methodically.
  4. To travel quickly.
  5. To play a sweep shot.
  6. To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
  7. To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
  8. To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
  9. To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
  10. To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
  11. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
  12. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
  13. To strike with a long stroke.
  14. To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
  15. To draw or drag something over.
  16. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
  17. (including) to vacuum a carpet or rug


Definition of swies

swies (noun)

  1. A two-shilling coin.
  2. (games) Two-up.
  3. A two-year prison sentence.

Definition of swirl

swirl (noun)

  1. A whirling eddy.
  2. A twist or coil of something.
  3. The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.

swirl (verb)

  1. To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
  2. To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
  3. To circulate.