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# swift

«swift» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very fast, quick in moving** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (swift, swifter, swiftest); noun (a swift, swifts — a bird)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very fast, quick in moving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#m1)

2) Happening quickly or without delay: «a swift reply». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#m2)

3) A small, fast bird with long pointed wings that spends most of its life flying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «swift» is a stronger, more literary word for «fast»: a swift horse, swift action. In science and nature lessons, swifts are birds that eat, drink and even sleep while flying, and travel huge distances. In formal writing: «swift response». Phrases: «swift action», «swift reply», «swift as the wind», «swift recovery».

### examples

- The swift river carried the boat away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#x1)
- The cheetah is swift and strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#x2)
- Thank you for your swift reply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#x3)
- The police took swift action. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#x4)
- Swifts fly south for the winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#x5)
- She made a swift recovery after her illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#x6)
- A swift can fly hundreds of kilometres in a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#x7)
- He leaped into the deep, swift stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/#x8)

### note

Adverb: «swiftly». Noun: «swiftness». Swifts look like swallows but are not closely related. In maths, «swift» only tells you «fast»; use the actual speed numbers.

### In the corpora

- [Swifts nest under roof tiles and come back to the same hole after wintering in Africa.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/369-city-birds-sparrows-starlings-swifts-crows-and-peregrines-on-tall-buildings/11/)
- [In 1712 Jonathan Swift called for rules to stop English changing; people have complained about young people "ruining" English for centuries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/20-is-there-one-proper-english/5/)
- [See thy way in the Valley, know what thou hast done; thou art a swift young camel traversing her ways;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.46/)
- [And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.29/)
- [A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.159/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «swift» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swift/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.