Definition of swift

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Swift (n.) The current of a stream.

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Scud :: Scud (n.) Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind..
Iris :: Iris (n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods..
Swift :: Swift (n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..
Macrochires :: Macrochires (n. pl.) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.
Haste :: Haste (n.) Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals..
Leviner :: Leviner (n.) A swift hound.
Cypseliform :: Cypseliform (a.) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae..
"""lilliputian " :: Lilliputian (n.) One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's Voyage to Lilliput..
Dzeron :: Dzeron (n.) The Chinese yellow antelope (Procapra gutturosa), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Thibet, and China..
Avalanche :: Avalanche (n.) A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice..
Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
Hum :: Hum (n.) A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz..
Arrowy :: Arrowy (a.) Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing..
Swift :: Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds..
Leap :: Leap (v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig..
Nimbleness :: Nimbleness (n.) The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness.
Rapid :: Rapid (a.) The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence..
Houyhnhnm :: Houyhnhnm (n.) One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc..
Ejaculate :: Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject..
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