| ADJECTIVE | all | swift, fleet | moving very fast |
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| NOUN | person | Swift, Gustavus Franklin Swift | United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903) |
| person | Swift, Jonathan Swift, Dean Swift | an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745) | |
| animal | swift | a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight | |
| animal | swift, western fence lizard, blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis | common western lizard |
| Sounds | swih'ft | |
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| Rhymes | adrift ... uplift: 18 rhymes with ihft... | |
| Meaning | Moving very fast. | |
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| Synonym | fleet | |
| Broader | fast | Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |
| Spanish | ligero, rápido, raudo | |
| Catalan | ràpid | |
| Nouns | swiftness | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens |
| Adverbs | swiftly | in a swift manner |
| Meaning | United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903). | |
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| Synonym | Gustavus Franklin Swift | |
| Instance of | meat packer, packer | A wholesaler in the meat-packing business |
| Spanish | Gustavus Franklin Swift | |
| Meaning | An English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745). | |
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| Synonyms | Jonathan Swift, Dean Swift | |
| Instance of | satirist, ironist, ridiculer | A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm |
| Spanish | Jonathan Swift | |
| Catalan | Jonathan Swift | |
| Meaning | A small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. | |
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| Member of | Apodidae, family Apodidae | swifts |
| Narrower | European swift, Apus apus | Common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs |
| chimney swift, chimney swallow, Chateura pelagica | American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys | |
| swiftlet, Collocalia inexpectata | swift of eastern Asia | |
| Broader | apodiform bird | nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet |
| Spanish | apodidae, oncejo, vencejo | |
| Catalan | falcilla, falcillot, falciot | |
| Nouns | swiftlet | swift of eastern Asia |
| Meaning | Common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks. | |
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| Synonyms | western fence lizard, blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis | |
| Broader | fence lizard | spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico |
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