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swift meaning

EN[swɪft] [-ɪft]
US
WSwift
  • The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds.
  • Resemblances between swifts and swallows are due to convergent evolution, reflecting similar life styles based on catching insects in flight.
  • The family name, Apodidae, is derived from the Greek απους, apous, meaning "without feet", a reference to the small, weak legs of these most aerial of birds.
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    Definition of swift in English Dictionary

  • NounPLswifts
    1. (obsolete) The current of a stream.
      1. A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
        1. Some lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
          1. A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
            1. 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.
        2. AdjectiveCOMswifterCOMmore swiftSUPswiftestSUPmost swift
          1. Fast; quick; rapid.
            1. 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.
          2. Capable of moving at high speeds.
          3. AdverbCOMswifterCOMmore swiftSUPswiftestSUPmost swift
            1. (obsolete, poetic) Swiftly.
            2. More Examples
              1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                • narmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove. — John Milton.
                • Bold, swift action is required to call to task a variety of stakeholders—from academia to service providers, from professionals to lay health workers.
              2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                • Every whiffler in a laced coat who frequents the chocolate house shall talk of the constitution. — Swift.
            • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
              1. Adjectives
                • Adverbs
                  • Nouns
                    • Countable nouns
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                  Source: Wiktionary

                  Meaning of swift for the defined word.

                  Grammatically, this word "swift" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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