Crossword-Solution: SWIFT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Swift | v. i. | Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt. |
| Swift | v. i. | Of short continuance; passing away quickly. |
| Swift | adv. | Swiftly. |
| Swift | n. | The current of a stream. |
| 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. |
| Swift | n. | Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard. |
| Swift | n. | The ghost moth. See under Ghost. |
| Swift | n. | A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural. |
| Swift | n. | The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with SWIFT (5)
Swift of foot was Hiawatha; He could shoot an arrow from him, And run forward with such fleetness, That the arrow fell behind him! Strong of arm was Hiawatha; He could shoot ten arrows upward, Shoot them with such strength and swiftness, That the tenth had left the bow-string Ere the first to earth had fallen! He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore them, He could smite the rocks asunder, He could grind them into powder.
Part on the Plain, or in the Air sublime Upon the wing, or in swift race contend, As at th’ Olympian Games or _Pythian_ fields; Part curb thir fierie Steeds, or shun the Goal With rapid wheels, or fronted Brigads form.
The least spark would kindle the farmer’s swift feelings of rage and jealousy; he would lose his self-mastery as he had this evening; Troy’s blitheness might become aggressive; it might take the direction of derision, and Boldwood’s anger might then take the direction of revenge.
Hear us, Zeus, and hear us, child Of Zeus, Athene undefiled, Hear, Apollo, hunter, hear, Huntress, sister of Apollo, Who the dappled swift-foot deer O’er the wooded glade dost follow; Help with your two-fold power Athens in danger’s hour! O wayfarer, thou wilt not have to tax The friends who watch for thee with false presage, For lo, an escort with the maids draws near.
But the trouble was the blank incongruity of this serenity and the swift death flying yonder, not two miles away.
Quotes with SWIFT (3)
Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.*Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.*
The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.
Whether it’s an Iraqi widow mourning her dead loved ones standing helplessly in the rubble of her former home or a dying soldier in an Iraqi city street asking, “Why, God? Why is this happening? Where are you?” I can’t help but wonder the same. You realize that there is no justice, no karmic retribution swift enough, and that happy endings are a terrible, terrible lie. We are all subject to the same blind boot stomp and our luck is merely where we happen to be standing when d…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 80 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).