Meaning of rapid | Babel Free

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1. rapid, quick, fast
2. Very swift or quick.
3. Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed. See Synonyms at fast1.
4. rapidly, quickly, fast
5. Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
6. An extremely fast-moving part of a river, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed.
7. rapid (part of a river)
8. Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
9. quick; fast. He made some rapid calculations; He looked feverish and had a rapid pulse. vinnige سَريع бърз rápido rychlý schnell hurtig γρήγοροςrápidamente kiire تند و سریع ripeä rapideמהיר तेज vrlo brz gyors, sebes cepat snöggur, hraður rapido 素速い 빠른 greitas straujš; ātrs cepat snelrask, svært hurtigszybki چټك، چابك، ګړندى، بيړندى rápido rapid быстрый rýchly, prudký hiter ubrzan hastig, snabb รวดเร็ว hızlı, çabuk, süratli 快速的 швидкий, прудкий تیز nhanh 快的，迅速的
10. express train
11. Violent, severe.
    England, dialectal
12. vinnig بِسُرْعَه бързо rapidamente rychle schnell hurtigt γρήγοραrápidamente kiiresti به سرعت ripeästi rapidementבמהירות शीघ्रता से vrlo brzo gyorsan, gyorsan dengan cepat snögglega, með hraði rapidamente 素速く 빠르게 greitai strauji; ātri cepat snelraskt, rivende fortszybko په چټكى، په چابكۍ، په بيړه rapidamente rapid; cu rapiditate быстро rýchlo, prudko hitro ubrzano hastigt, snabbt อย่างรวดเร็ว hızla, süratle 快速地 швидко تیزی سے một cách nhanh chóng 迅速地
13. Happy.
    dialectal, obsolete
14. vinnigheid سُرْعَه бързина rapidez rychlost die Schnelligkeit hurtighed γρηγοράδαrapidez kiirus ripeys rapiditéמהירות शीघ्रता brzina, naglost gyorsaság, sebesség kecepatan hraði, snarleiki rapidità 素速さ 빠름 greitumas straujums; ātrums kecepatan snelheidraskhet, stor fartszybkość چټكى، چابكى ، تيزى rapidez rapiditate быстрота rýchlosť, prudkosť hitrost ubrzanost hastighet, snabbhet ความเร็ว hız, sürat 快速 швидкість, прудкість تیزی sự nhanh chóng 迅速
15. a place in a river where the water flows quickly, often having dangerous rocks in mid-stream. stroomversnellings مُنْحَدَر النَّهْر бързеи rápidos peřeje Stromschnellen fos ορμητικό ρεύμα ποταμού (πληθ.) rápidos kärestik تند آب؛ رود یا نهر تند koski rapides אֶשֶד נָהָר तेज़ धार वाली नदी की सतह का खड़ा उतार brzac zúgó riam flúðir, straumröst rapide 急流 여울, 급류 sraunuma krāces jeram stroomversnellingstryk progi تيزى rápidos vârtej речной порог kaskády brzice brzak fors ส่วนของลำน้ำที่ไหลเชี่ยว iv...
16. (of an action or movement) performed or occurring during a short interval of time; quick: a rapid transformation.
17. characterized by high speed: rapid movement.
18. acting or moving quickly; fast: a rapid worker.
19. occurring within a short time: rapid growth.

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Examples

“a rapid stream”

“rapid growth”

“rapid improvement”

“Ascend my Chariot; guide the rapid Wheeles.”

“The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?”

“Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."”

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