–adjective

1.	done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.

2.	that is over or completed within a short interval of time: a quick shower.

3.	moving, or able to move, with speed: a quick fox; a quick train.

4.	swift or rapid, as motion: a quick flick of the wrist.

5.	easily provoked or excited; hasty: a quick temper.

6.	keenly responsive; lively; acute: a quick wit.

7.	acting with swiftness or rapidity: a quick worker.

8.	prompt or swift to do something: quick to respond.

9.	prompt to perceive; sensitive: a quick eye.

10.	prompt to understand, learn, etc.; of ready intelligence: a quick student.

11.	(of a bend or curve) sharp: a quick bend in the road.

12.	consisting of living plants: a quick pot of flowers.

13.	brisk, as fire, flames, heat, etc.

14.	Archaic. a.< 7e9 /td> endowed with life. b. having a high degree of vigor, energy, or activity.

–noun

15.	living persons: the quick and the dead.

16.	the tender, sensitive flesh of the living body, esp. that under the nails: nails bitten down to the quick.

17.	the vital or most important part.

18.	Chiefly British. a. a line of shrubs or plants, esp. of hawthorn, forming a hedge. b. a single shrub or plant in such a hedge.

–adverb

19.

quickly.

—Idiom

20.	cut to the quick, to injure deeply; hurt the feelings of: Their callous treatment cut her to the quick.

–noun

1.	the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something: the loan of a book.

2.	something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, esp. a sum of money lent at interest: a $1000 loan at 10 percent interest.

3.

loanword.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to make a loan of; lend: Will you loan me your umbrella?

5.	to lend (money) at interest.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to make a loan or loans; lend.

—Idiom

7.	on loan, a. borrowed for temporary use: How many books can I have on loan from the library at one time? b. temporarily provided or released by one's regular employer, superior, or owner for use by another: Our best actor is on loan to another movie studio for two films.