Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Fast; quick; rapid.
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adj
Capable of moving at high speeds.
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adj
Quick-thinking; bright.
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Usage: informal
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adv
Swiftly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, poetic
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name
A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.
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name
A general-purpose multi-paradigm compiled programming language introduced by Apple Inc. in 2014.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-languages, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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name
Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT (“Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
Topics: banking, business
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name
A place name:
An unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
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name
A place name:
An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
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name
A place name:
An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.
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name
A place name:
A minor river in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; a which joins the (Warwickshire) in Avon north of Rugby.
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name
A place name:
Ellipsis of Swift County
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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name
Acronym of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: banking, business
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name
Acronym of South Wales Integrated Fast transit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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name
Acronym of Southwest Airlines Integrated Flights Tracking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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name
Acronym of Statewide Interlibrary loan Fast Track.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Qualifier: Colorado
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name
Acronym of State Wildland Inmate Fire Team.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Qualifier: Colorado
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name
Acronym of Simple Web Interface Toolset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: needletail, spinetail, swiftlet
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noun
Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
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Synonyms: fence lizard, spiny lizard
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noun
A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
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Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
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Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
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Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
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noun
The current of a stream.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Acronym of Structured What If Technique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Qualifier: risk analysis
Topics: business
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noun
Acronym of Stored Waveform Inverse Fourier Transform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Acronym of Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport Studies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: sciences, transport
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adjective satellite
moving very fast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fleet
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noun
common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: western fence lizard, blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis
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Broader terms: fence lizard
noun
a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: apodiform bird
Narrower terms: European swift, Apus apus, chimney swift, chimney swallow, Chateura pelagica, swiftlet, Collocalia inexpectata
noun
an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Jonathan Swift, Dean Swift
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Broader terms: satirist, ironist, ridiculer
noun
United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Gustavus Franklin Swift
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Broader terms: meat packer, packer
History
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.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ksweybh-der. Proto-Indo-European *kswéybh-e-ti Proto-Germanic *swībaną Old English swīfan Old English swift Middle English swift English swiftder. English Swift Derived from swift, from Middle English swift, from Old English swift, from swīfan, from Proto-Germanic *swībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kswéybh-e-ti, from *ksweybh-.
Across languages
207 source translations are retained for this English entry.
