swift

  • 61swift — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English swīfan to revolve more at swivel Date: before 12th century 1. moving or capable of moving with great speed < a swift runner > 2. occurring suddenly or within a very&#8230; …

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  • 62swift — 1) vb British to give false evidence, bend the evi dence. A piece of police slang. A police officer who is adept at this practice is known as a (bit of a) swifter . Swift it is another form of the verb. 2) adj a. American alert, clever. Now heard …

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  • 63SWIFT — La Sociedad para las Comunicaciones Financieras Interbancarias Internacionales (SWIFT por Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) tiene a cargo una red internacional de comunicaciones financieras entre bancos y otras entidades&#8230; …

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  • 64swift — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ incredibly, remarkably …

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  • 65swift — adjective 1) a swift decision Syn: prompt, rapid, sudden, immediate, instant, instantaneous; abrupt, hasty, hurried, precipitate, headlong Ant: unhurried 2) swift runners …

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  • 66swift — adjective 1) a swift decision Syn: prompt, rapid, quick, sudden, immediate, instant, abrupt, hasty, hurried 2) swift runners Syn: fast, rapid, quick …

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  • 67Swift — /swɪft/ (say swift) noun Jonathan (Dean Swift), 1667–1745, Anglo Irish satirist and ecclesiastic; works include Gulliver s Travels (1726). –Swiftian, adjective …

  • 68swift — swiftly / swift [adv] very fast apace, doublequick*, expeditiously, flat out*, fleetly, full tilt*, hastily, hurriedly, in no time*, posthaste, promptly, quick, quickly, rapidly, speedily, without losing time*, without warning*; concepts 588,799&#8230; …

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  • 69swift —    Āwīwī, āwiki, wiki, wikiwiki, kikī, māmā.   Also: ho olehua, kāholo, kulu, lauhulu, palamimo (palamio), niau.     Swift runner, kūkini koke.     Swift disappearance or movement, miona.     To do swiftly, kikī.     To move swiftly, mio, miomio …

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  • 70swift — Pine Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} …

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