Definition of rapids Rapids
/ɹæˈpʌdz/ - [ratpudz] - rap•ids
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What does rapids mean?
Wiktionary 
- rapids (Noun)
Plural of rapid.
Part of speech
🔤- rapids, noun, plural of rapid.
WordNet
NounPlural: rapids |
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| rapid - a part of a river where the current is very fast | ||
| waterway a navigable body of water | ||
Adjectiverapid, rapidder, rapiddest |
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| rapid - characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy" | ||
| speedy | ||
| fast (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; "a fast lens" | ||
| rapid - done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks" | ||
| fast (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; "a fast lens" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rapid (a.)
Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. - rapid (a.)
Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession. - rapid (a.)
Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman. - rapid (a.)
The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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rapid
Fast flowing section of a stream, often shallow and with exposed rock or boulders. -
rapid
Characterized by speed; acting or moving quickly.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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rapid
rap′id, adj. hurrying along: very swift: speedy.—n. that part of a river where the current is most rapid (gen. in pl.).—n. Rapid′ity, quickness of motion or utterance: swiftness: velocity.—adv. Rap′idly.—n. Rap′idness. [Fr. rapide—L. rapidus—rapĕre, to seize.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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rapid
A slope, down which water runs with more than ordinary rapidity, but not enough to be called a "fall;" and sometimes navigable by boats.
Part of speech
🔤- rapid, noun, singular of rapids.
- rapid, adjective.
