Swift
adj, adv, name, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
- 2 Acronym of Structured What If Technique. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks wordnet
- 4 Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
"As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards."
- 5 Acronym of Stored Waveform Inverse Fourier Transform. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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- 6 a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight wordnet
- 7 A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
"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."
- 8 Acronym of Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport Studies. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 9 Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
- 10 A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
- 11 The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
- 12 The current of a stream. obsolete
- 1 Fast; quick; rapid.
"swift action"
- 2 Capable of moving at high speeds.
- 1 moving very fast wordnet
- 1 Swiftly. obsolete, poetic
"Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep."
- 1 A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.
- 2 Acronym of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 A general-purpose multi-paradigm compiled programming language introduced by Apple Inc. in 2014.
"If anyone outside Apple saw Swift coming, they certainly weren't making any public predictions."
- 4 Acronym of South Wales Integrated Fast transit. UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 5 Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT (“Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication”). alt-of
"That year [2012], Iran was cut off from the Swift global payment system."
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- 6 Acronym of Southwest Airlines Integrated Flights Tracking. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 7 A place name:; An unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
- 8 Acronym of Statewide Interlibrary loan Fast Track. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 9 A place name:; An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
- 10 Acronym of State Wildland Inmate Fire Team. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 11 A place name:; An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.
- 12 Acronym of Simple Web Interface Toolset. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 13 A place name:; A minor river in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the (Warwickshire) Avon north of Rugby.
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More examples"Shareholders were concerned about the company's swift expansion overseas."
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.
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