Definitions
1.nounA contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins"The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others."
2.nounSwift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
3.nounA race condition.
4.nounA progressive movement toward a goal."the race to cure cancer"
5.nounA fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
6.nounA water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
7.nounCompetitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
8.nounThe bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
9.verbTo take part in a race (in the sense of a contest)."The drivers were racing around the track."
10.verbTo compete against in such a race."I raced him to the car, but he was there first, so he got to ride shotgun."
11.verbTo move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed."As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door."
12.verbOf a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
13.nounA group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
14.nounA population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.
15.nounA breed or strain of domesticated animal.
16.nounA category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science)."Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision."
17.nounPeculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
18.nounCharacteristic quality or disposition.
19.verbTo assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
20.nounA rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
21.verbTo demolish; to level to the ground.
22.verbTo scrape as if with a razor.