Swift – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
swift
adj.
fast, quick; immediate, hasty; prompt; smart, clever (Informal)
n.
any of a number of long-winged birds characterized by their swift flight
SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Transactions)
message writing system of electronic bank transfers
Swift
n.
family name; Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Irish-born English satirist, author of "A Modest Proposal" and "Gulliver's Travels"
Swift
The
swifts are a family,
Apodidae, of highly aerial
birds. They are superficially similar to
swallows, but are not closely related to any of the
passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order
Apodiformes, which they share with
hummingbirds. The
treeswifts are closely related to the true swifts, but form a separate family, the Hemiprocnidae.
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
The
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (
SWIFT) provides a network that enables
financial institutions worldwide to send and receive information about financial transactions in a secure, standardized and reliable environment. SWIFT also sells
software and services to financial institutions, much of it for use on the SWIFTNet Network, and
ISO 9362. Business Identifier Codes (BICs, previously Bank Identifier Codes) are popularly known as "SWIFT codes".
Swift
Noun
1. United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
(synonym) Gustavus Franklin Swift
(hypernym) meat packer, packer
2. an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
(synonym) Jonathan Swift, Dean Swift
(hypernym) satirist, ironist, ridiculer
swift
Noun
1. small plain-colored bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
(hypernym) apodiform bird
(hyponym) European swift, Apus apus
(member-holonym) Apodidae, family Apodidae
2. common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
(synonym) western fence lizard, blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis
(hypernym) fence lizard
Adjective
1. moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"
(synonym) fleet
(similar) fast
Swift
n.
Swift, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Irish-born English satirist, author of "A Modest Proposal" and "Gulliver's Travels"
Swift
n.
Swift, family name
