Wednesday, January 9, 2013

swayed, suède

Swayed or swayed is the past tense ( yesterday, or some time ago ) of "sway", meaning to move back and forth, literally or figuratively--
The sign swayed in the wind.
The political commercial swayed public opinion. 

Suède or suède ( rhymes with swayed ) means brushed leather--
She doesn't want to get her suède coat wet in the rain.
"Don't you step on my blue suède shoes."

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The sale price swayed her decision to buy the suède jacket."

Note--"Swede" ( sweed, always capitalized ) means a person from Sweden--
The Swede told them about the midnight sun.
Not to be confused with "swede" ( not capitalized ), meaning a rutabaga or turnip--
You may call it a swede or a rutabaga, but it's still a turnip to me.

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