race

Definitions of race in various dictionaries:

noun - any competition

noun - a contest of speed

noun - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock

noun - (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species

noun - the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

noun - a canal for a current of water

verb - move fast

verb - compete in a race

verb - to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others

verb - cause to move fast or to rush or race

A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics.

A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the German race.

A genealogical line; a lineage.

Human beings considered as a group.

Biology.

A population of organisms differing from others of the same species in the frequency of hereditary traits; a subspecies.

A breed or strain, as of domestic animals.

A distinguishing or characteristic quality, such as the flavor of a wine.

Sports.

A competition of speed, as in running or riding.

An extended competition in which participants struggle like runners to be the winner: the presidential race.

Steady or rapid onward movement: the race of time.

A strong or swift current of water.

The channel of such a current.

An artificial channel built to transport water and use its energy; a raceway.

A groovelike part of a machine in which a moving part slides or rolls.

To compete in a contest of speed.

To move rapidly or at top speed: raced home in time.

To run too rapidly because of decreased resistance or a lighter load: an engine that was racing.

Sports.

To compete against in a race.

To cause to compete in a race; enter in a contest: The monarch raced her horses in the derby each year.

To transport rapidly or at top speed; rush: raced the injured motorist to the hospital.

To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.

verb - to compete in a contest of speed