5 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rapid \Rap"id\ (r[a^]p"[i^]d), adjective [L. rapidus, fr. rapere to
seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to
Gr. 'arpa'zein: cf. F. rapide. Cf. {Harpy}, {Ravish}.]
1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a
rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. --Milton.
2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in
quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid
recurrence; rapid succession.
3. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rapid \Rap"id\, noun [Cf. F. rapide. See {Rapid}, adjective]
The part of a river where the current moves with great
swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; sometimes
called {whitewater}; -- usually used in the plural; as, the
Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,
The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. --Moore.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rapid
adjective
1: done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise
through the ranks"
2: characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving
with high speed; "a rapid movment"; "a speedy car"; "a
speedy errand boy" [syn: {speedy}]
noun: a part of a river where the current is very fast
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "rapid":
abrupt, agile, alacritous, bluff, bold, breakneck, brisk,
ceaseless, chattering, chute, constant, continual, dashing,
double-quick, eagle-winged, expeditious, express, fast, fleet,
flying, galloping, hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, high-speed,
hurried, hustling, immediate, impetuous, incessant, instant,
instantaneous, light of heel, light-footed, lively, machine gun,
mercurial, nimble, nimble-footed, oscillating, perennial,
perpetual, plunging, precipitate, precipitous, prompt, pulsating,
quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, rapids, reckless,
regular, repeated, riff, riffle, ripple, running, sault, sharp,
sheer, shoot, snappy, spanking, speedy, staccato, steady, steep,
stuttering, sudden, sustained, swift, unbroken, unceasing,
unchanging, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting,
uninterrupted, unremitting, unstopped, unvarying, vertical,
vibrating, winged
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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