1. swift - Noun
2. swift - Adjective
3. swift - Verb
4. swift - Adverb
6. swift - Adjective Satellite
7. Swift - Proper noun
Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.
Of short continuance; passing away quickly.
Swiftly.
The current of a stream.
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.
Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.
The ghost moth. See under Ghost.
A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTime is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Henry van Dyke
Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket. Charles Simic
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. Marie Curie
However swift a man, he will not outstrip his shadow. Cameroon Proverb
Life is short and time is swift. English Proverb
Swift gratitude is the sweetest. Greek Proverb