Race

English Meaning

To raze.

1. A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics.
2. A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the German race.
3. A genealogical line; a lineage.
4. Humans considered as a group.
5. Biology An interbreeding, usually geographically isolated population of organisms differing from other populations of the same species in the frequency of hereditary traits. A race that has been given formal taxonomic recognition is known as a subspecies.
6. Biology A breed or strain, as of domestic animals.
7. A distinguishing or characteristic quality, such as the flavor of a wine.
8. Sports A competition of speed, as in running or riding.
9. Sports A series of such competitions held at a specified time on a regular course: a fan of the dog races.
10. An extended competition in which participants struggle like runners to be the winner: the presidential race.
11. Steady or rapid onward movement: the race of time.
12. A strong or swift current of water.
13. The channel of such a current.
14. An artificial channel built to transport water and use its energy. Also called raceway.
15. A groovelike part of a machine in which a moving part slides or rolls.
16. See slipstream.
17. Sports To compete in a contest of speed.
18. To move rapidly or at top speed: We raced home. My heart was racing with fear.
19. To run too rapidly due to decreased resistance or unnecessary provision of fuel: adjusted the idle to keep the engine from racing.
20. Sports To compete against in a race.
21. Sports To cause to compete in a race: She races horses for a living.
22. To transport rapidly or at top speed; rush: raced the injured motorist to the hospital.
23. To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.