quick
→
swift (bird)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | swift | |
| Meaning 1 | happening quickly or promptly, moving or capable of moving at high speed | the swiftest horse in his stable |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | a swift-flying insectivorous bird with long, slender wings and a superficial resemblance to a swallow, spending most of its life on the wing | Eurasian swift (Apus apus) |
| Reference | ODE | |
| Comment | second meaning from 1660s | |