ENGLISH: swift - CREOLE: rapid



Overview of noun swift



The noun swift has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. Swift, Gustavus Franklin Swift -- (United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903))

2. Swift, Jonathan Swift, Dean Swift -- (an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745))

3. swift -- (a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight)

4. western fence lizard, swift, blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis -- (common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks)



Overview of adj swift



The adj swift has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (15) fleet, swift -- (moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner")

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