swift

SWIFT, adjective 1. Moving a great distance or over a large space in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy. We say, soft winds, a swift stream, swift lightnings, swift motion, swift as thought, a fowl swift of wing, a man swift of foot. swift is applicable to any kind of motion.2. Ready; prompt.Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James 1:19.3. Speedy; that comes without delay.There shall be false teachers among you, who shall privily bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Peter 2:1.SWIFT, noun The current of a stream. [Little used.]1. In domestic affairs, a reel or turning instrument for winding yarn. [This is a sense directly from the Saxon verb.]2. A bird, a species of swallow, so called from the rapidity of its flight.3. The common newt or eft, a species of lizard