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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishswift, fromOld Englishswift(“swift; quick”), fromProto-Germanic*swiftaz(“swift; quick”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)weyp-(“to twist; wind around”). Cognate withIcelandicsvipta(“to pull quickly”),Old Englishswīfan(“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More atswivel.

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Adjective

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swift (comparativeswifter,superlativeswiftest)

  1. Fast;quick;rapid.
    • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:
      Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided aswift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting.
  2. Capable of moving athigh speeds.

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Translations

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fast; quick; rapid

Noun

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Common swift (Apus apus)

swift (pluralswifts)

  1. A small plain-colored bird of the familyApodidae that resembles aswallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
    Synonyms:needletail,spinetail,swiftlet
  2. Any of certainlizards of the genusSceloporus.
    Synonyms:fence lizard,spiny lizard
    • 1965 March,Boys' Life, page52:
      As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus,swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.
  3. (entomology) A moth of the familyHepialidae,swift moth,ghost moth.
    • 2013 May-June,William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, inAmerican Scientist, volume101, number 3,pages206–7:
      Earless ghostswift 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. (entomology) Any of various fast-flyinghesperiid butterflies.
  5. (textiles) A light, collapsiblereel used to hold a hank ofyarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
  6. The maincylinder of acarding-machine.
  7. (obsolete) The current of a stream.

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Translations

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bird
lizard
reel
swift moth—seeswift moth

Adverb

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swift (comparativemoreswift,superlativemostswift)

  1. (obsolete, poetic)Swiftly.

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Old English

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Etymology

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From the verbswīfan.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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swift (comparativeswiftra,superlativeswiftost)

  1. swift,quick

Declension

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Declension ofswift — Strong
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeswiftswiftswift
Accusativeswiftneswifteswift
Genitiveswiftesswiftreswiftes
Dativeswiftumswiftreswiftum
Instrumentalswifteswiftreswifte
PluralMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeswifteswifta,swifteswift
Accusativeswifteswifta,swifteswift
Genitiveswiftraswiftraswiftra
Dativeswiftumswiftumswiftum
Instrumentalswiftumswiftumswiftum
Declension ofswift — Weak
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeswiftaswifteswifte
Accusativeswiftanswiftanswifte
Genitiveswiftanswiftanswiftan
Dativeswiftanswiftanswiftan
Instrumentalswiftanswiftanswiftan
PluralMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeswiftanswiftanswiftan
Accusativeswiftanswiftanswiftan
Genitiveswiftra,swiftenaswiftra,swiftenaswiftra,swiftena
Dativeswiftumswiftumswiftum
Instrumentalswiftumswiftumswiftum

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