rapid
5 dicționare găsite pentru rapid
Din dicționarul The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Rapid \Rap"id\, Rapids \Rap"ids\(r[a^]p"[i^]dz), n. [Cf. F.
rapide. See Rapid, a.]
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. For boaters on the river,
it is a place that can be hazardous, with danger of capsizing
or crashing into large rocks.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,
The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. --Moore.
[1913 Webster] Rapid-fire
Din dicționarul The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Rapid \Rap"id\ (r[a^]p"[i^]d), a. [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.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a
rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
[1913 Webster]
Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in
quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid
recurrence; rapid succession.
[1913 Webster]
3. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
[1913 Webster] Rapid
Din dicționarul WordNet (r) 2.0 :
rapid
adj 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]
n : a part of a river where the current is very fast
Din dicționarul Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
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
Din dicționarul Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :
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