rapid
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈræpɪd/
:
rápidos
- The thrill of navigating the rapids attracted many adventure seekers to the river.
- river rapids
- rapids and waterfalls
Like the real dangerous, upsettingly spooky Rapids.
- Like the real dangerous, upsettingly spooky Rapids.
- In fact, there is a real technique and a real method to being in a set of Rapids when you're outside of your canoe, your boat, your raft.
- They made the slaves carry the boats and there are places where they failed to, to to ride the Rapids.
Examples
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The bears have learned that the salmon can only navigate the rapids during rainstorms.
Academic text (2001) -
The Blackwater River drops 66 feet and then makes its way through the rapids of Blackwater Canyon.
Academic text (2001) -
It's on this rapid in the very middle.
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- Henry, how much longer do the rapids go on?
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But we got past the rapids all right.
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But there are more rapids in the Grand River than in any river in Canada.
Academic text (2011) -
Here, they often had to run the rapids because there was no place to stop and lower the boats.
Academic text (2007) -
Up ahead, the river runs over rapids before passing around a bend.
Fiction book (1997) -
The big gravel-braided river shone a deep blue, with white-tipped rapids foaming over submerged rocks.
Fiction book (1990) -
We learned how to safely navigate the rapids when kayaking down the river.
Synonyms
10
8.4
A strong fast current in water that pulls swimmers away
1
4.2
A fast, rough part of a river with white foamy waves
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
2
3.9
A stage of sleep when the eyes move quickly and you have vivid dreams
- Specialized
1
3.7
A sleep stage when the eyes move quickly and most dreaming happens
A system of underground or above ground trains that carries many people quickly
A joking way to say a sudden violent failure of a rocket or satellite, often an explosion
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rapid (a fast part of a river) comes from the Latin rapidus, which means 'rushing'. So a rapid is a place where the water 'rushes' and becomes rough.