swift
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
business
entomology
manufacturing
natural-sciences
textiles
Etymology: From Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp- (“to twist; wind around”). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More at swivel.
Inflected forms:
form: swifter
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: swiftest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: swifts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Fast; quick; rapid.
pos: adj
examples: swift action
swift response
swift recovery
The river’s swift current carried the boat downstream.
She gave a swift reply to his question.
Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided a swift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting.
The call, which is the first known conversation between the presidents since Trump assumed office last month, came as as^([sic]) Trump makes clear to his advisers he wants to bring the Ukraine conflict to a swift end.
gloss: Capable of moving at high speeds.
pos: adj
gloss: Quick-thinking; bright.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: That's what limos do — advertise, and he should have known that. But, as I told you before, officer, he's not too swift.
gloss: A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
pos: noun
examples: As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.
gloss: A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
pos: noun
examples: Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
gloss: Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
pos: noun
gloss: A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
pos: noun
gloss: The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
pos: noun
gloss: The current of a stream.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Related words: swiftfootedness
swift-footedness
swifthandedness
swift-handedness
Derived words: outswift
overswift
over-swift
swiftboating
swift-boating
swift boating
swiftboat
swift-boat
swift boat
Swift Boat
Swift Current
swiften
swift-flowing
swift-flying
swiftfoot
swiftfooted
swift-footed
swift fox
swift fruit bat
swift half
swifthanded
swift-handed
swiftie
swiftly
swiftness
swift parrot
swift tern
swift-thinking
swiftwater
swiftwing
ultraswift
Lyell’s swift
swiftlike
rice swift
swiftless
swift brick
African swift
alpine swift
Andean swift
ashy-tailed swift
band-rumped swift
Bates's swift
black swift
Blyth's swift
Bradfield's swift
chimney swift
common swift
Cook's swift
Costa Rican swift
crested swift
crevice swift
dark-rumped swift
emerald swift
Eurasian swift
European swift
fence swift
Fernando Po swift
Forbes-Watson's swift
fork-tailed swift
ghost swift
great dusky swift
great swift
grey-rumped swift
little swift
mottled swift
needle-tailed swift
Nyanza swift
orange swift
Pacific swift
pallid swift
palm swift
pine swift
sagebrush swift
Salim Ali's swift
scarce swift
Schouteden's swift
Sick's swift
sooty swift
spine-tailed swift
spot-fronted swift
swiftlet
swift moth
tree swift
treeswift
white-chested swift
white-chinned swift
white-collared swift
white-naped swift
white-throated swift
white-tipped swift
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