Index of English words, starting with "sw"

(1) - Swerve (v. t.) To turn aside.
(2) - Swerve (v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
(3) - Swerve (v. i.) To bend; to incline.
(4) - Swerve (v. i.) To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
(5) - Swerve (v. i.) To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
(6) - Swerve (v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.

(1) - Swift (n.) The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
(2) - Swift (n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
(3) - Swift (n.) The ghost moth. See under Ghost.
(4) - Swift (n.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.
(5) - Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.
(6) - Swift (n.) The current of a stream.
(7) - Swift (adv.) Swiftly.
(8) - Swift (v. i.) Of short continuance; passing away quickly.
(9) - Swift (v. i.) Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.