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In some senses, swift is marked as obsolete, poetic, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
swift
/swɪft/
name 10noun 8adj 2adv 1
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3(adj.)
VERBS
be
ADV
incredibly, remarkably, very
The technology company's response to the security problem was incredibly swift.
fairly
Definitions
adj
1
Fast; quick; rapid.
swift action
swift response
2
Capable of moving at high speeds.
adv
1
Swiftly.
Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.
Ply swift and strong the oar.
noun
1
A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
2
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.
3
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.
4
Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
5
A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
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Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.
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Ply swift and strong the oar.
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Let no thing escape; / Catch these for me before we all are flown, / Torn, violate, by time’s triumphal rape: / Run swift into the wheeling day; the night / Takes all of us.
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