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2 VERB If you are swayed by someone or something, you are influenced by them. □ [be V -ed] Don't ever be swayed by fashion. □ [V n] …last minute efforts to sway the voters in tomorrow's local elections.

3 PHRASE If someone or something holds sway , they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity. □  South of the Usk, a completely different approach seems to hold sway. [Also + over ]

4 PHRASE If you are under the sway of someone or something, they have great influence over you. □  How mothers keep daughters under their sway is the subject of the next five sections.

swear /sweə ^r / (swears , swearing , swore , sworn )

1 VERB If someone swears , they use language that is considered to be rude or offensive, usually because they are angry. □ [V ] It's wrong to swear and shout. □ [V + at ] They swore at them and ran off.

2 VERB If you swear to do something, you promise in a serious way that you will do it. □ [V that] Alan swore that he would do everything in his power to help us. □ [V to-inf] We have sworn to fight cruelty wherever we find it. □ [V n] The police are the only civil servants who have to swear allegiance to the Crown. □ [V n] I have sworn an oath to defend her.

3 VERB If you say that you swear that something is true or that you can swear to it, you are saying very firmly that it is true. [EMPHASIS ] □ [V that] I swear I've told you all I know. □ [V + on/by ] I swear on all I hold dear that I had nothing to do with this. □ [V + to ] Behind them was a confusion of noise, perhaps even a shot, but he couldn't swear to it.

4 VERB [usu passive] If someone is sworn to secrecy or is sworn to silence, they promise another person that they will not reveal a secret. □ [be V -ed + to ] She was bursting to announce the news but was sworn to secrecy.

5 → see also sworn

▸  swear by PHRASAL VERB If you swear by something, you believe that it can be relied on to have a particular effect. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P n] Many people swear by vitamin C's ability to ward off colds.

▸  swear in PHRASAL VERB [usu passive] When someone is sworn in , they formally promise to fulfil the duties of a new job or appointment. □ [be V -ed P ] Soon after the New Year, the new Congress will come to Washington to be sworn in.

swea ring-i n N‑SING The swearing-in at the beginning of a trial or official appointment is the act of making formal promises to fulfil the duties it involves.

swea r word (swear words ) also swearword N‑COUNT A swear word is a word which is considered to be rude or offensive. Swear words are usually used when people are angry.

sweat /swe t/ (sweats , sweating , sweated )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Sweat is the salty colourless liquid which comes through your skin when you are hot, ill, or afraid. □  Both horse and rider were dripping with sweat within five minutes.

2 VERB When you sweat , sweat comes through your skin. □ [V ] Already they were sweating as the sun beat down upon them. ●  sweat|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  …symptoms such as sweating, irritability, anxiety and depression.

3 N‑COUNT If someone is in a sweat , they are sweating a lot. □  Every morning I would break out in a sweat. □  I really don't feel a bit sick, no night sweats, no fevers.

4 PHRASE [v-link ADJ ] If someone is in a cold sweat or in a sweat , they feel frightened or embarrassed. □  The very thought brought me out in a cold sweat.

5to sweat blood → see blood