RAPIDS

Noun

rapids

plural of rapid

Anagrams

• Pardis, parids, sparid, spraid

Proper noun

RAPIDS

(military, US) Acronym of Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System.

Anagrams

• Pardis, parids, sparid, spraid

Source: Wiktionary


RAPID

Rap"id, a. Etym: [L. rapidus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr. 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.

Rap"id, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rapide. See Rapid, a.]

Definition: 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. Row, brothers, row the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. Moore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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