rapid

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for rapid

rapid 🔊 /ɹæˈpʌd or ɹæˈpɪd/

rapid : ශීඝ්‍ර

rapid : ඉක්මන්

rapid definition

Adjective.

  1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
  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.
  4. 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.