Definitions for swift

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 senses? (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")