MEANING
To walk in a conspicuously assured or swaying manner.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- sashay across a floor
- sashay into a room
On the page
She sashayed across the floor as if the invitation had been expected.
He sashayed into the room and stopped short at the silence.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- sashay
- Past tense
- sashayed
- Past participle
- sashayed
- Present participle
- sashaying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- sashay
- Present continuous
- am/is/are sashaying
- Present perfect
- have/has sashayed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been sashaying
- Past
- sashayed
- Past continuous
- was/were sashaying
- Past perfect
- had sashayed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been sashaying
- Future
- will sashay
- Future continuous
- will be sashaying
- Future perfect
- will have sashayed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been sashaying
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: sashay; sashays; sashayed; sashayed; sashaying Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: sashays.
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