race has definitions from the fields of sport,genetics,biology
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[ verb ] step on it

Examples

"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests" "The cars raced down the street"

Used in print

("National Affairs"...)

Several police_cars , loaded with armed officers , raced alongside , blazing_away at the tires of the big jet .

(Glenn Infield, "America's Secret Poison Gas Tragedy"...)

She was the John_Harvey , one of those Atlantic sea-horses that had sailed to Bari to bring beans , bombs , and bullets to the U._S._Fifteenth Air_Force , to Field_Marshal Montgomery 's Eighth_Army then racing up the calf of the boot of Italy in_that early December of 1943 .

(Cliff Farrell, Trail of the Tattered Star....)

A man was standing in_the_open door of the lighted orderly room a_few yards to Mike 's left , but he , too , suddenly made_up_his_mind and went racing to join the confused activity at the east end of the stockade .

He turned and raced across the parade_ground toward the rock house .

Guerrillas were racing toward him .

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[ noun ] (sport) a contest of speed

Examples

"the race is to the swift"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Gaining her second straight victory , Norman_B._Small_,_Jr. 's Garden_Fresh , a 3 - year old filly , downed promising colts in the $ 4500 St._Patrick's_Day_Purse , featured seventh race here today , and paid $ 7.20 straight .

Prior to the featured race , the stewards announced that apprentice James_P._Verrone is suspended ten days for crowding horses and crossing the field sharply in two races on Wednesday .

Prior to the featured race , the stewards announced that apprentice James_P._Verrone is suspended ten days for crowding horses and crossing the field sharply in two races on Wednesday .

Mills shot out in_front and kept the lead through two thirds of the race .

3
[ noun ] any competition

Examples

"the race for the presidency"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

When the crowd was asked whether it wanted to wait one more term to make the race , it voted no - and there were no dissents .

The largest hurdle the Republicans would have to face is a state law which says that before making a first race , one of two alternative courses must be taken :

Vandiver opened his race for governor in 1958 with a battle in the Legislature against the issuance of $ 50 million worth of additional rural roads bonds proposed by then Gov._Marvin_Griffin .

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

Then last season the_Birds tumbled as low as 11 - 18 on May 19 before recovering to make a race of it and total 86 victories .

Since 1949 , the only National_League club that got_off to a hot start and made a runaway of the race was the '55 Dodger team .

4
[ noun ] (genetics) people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock

Examples

"some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

Used in print

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

Most_of them sincerely believe that the Anglo-Saxon is the best race in the world and that it should remain pure .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

La^utner , for his part , `` belonged_to the present-day race of small artists , who do not demand the utmost of themselves '' , and the bitter description of the type includes such epithets as `` wretched little poseurs '' , the devastating indictment `` they do not know how to be wretched decently and in_order '' , and the somewhat extreme prophecy , so_far not fulfilled : `` They will be destroyed '' .

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[ verb ] (sport) compete in a race

Synonyms

run

Examples

"he is running the Marathon this year" "let's race and see who gets there first"

Used in print

(Time, 77: 3...)

Tooling through Sydney on his way to race in the New_Zealand Grand_Prix , Britain 's balding Ace_Driver_Stirling_Moss , 31 , all_but smothered himself in his own exhaust of self-crimination .

(The Horseman and Fair World, 84:46...)

For the aged horses : Mr._Budlong , p , 2 : 00.2 h , Lottie_Thomas , p , 2 : 04.2 h , Mighty_Signal 2 : 03 , Clever Braden , p , 2 : 01.1 h , and Glow_Star , p , 2 : 02.3 have been in 2 : 35 ; Miss_Demon_Abbe , p , 1 : 59.3 has trotted in 2 : 26 , and is expected to race at this gait ; Carter_Creed , p , 3 , 2 : 01.1 , Great_Lullwater 2 : 00.3 , and Hi Jay , p , 2 : 05.1 h have been in 2 : 30 ; Tanker_T. , 3 , 2 : 05.3 is now wearing hopples and has trained in 2 : 19 ; Stormy_Dream , p , 2 : 01.3 h , Demon_Abbe , p , 2 : 02 , Dundeen_B. , 4 , 2 : 04.2 h , Claudia 's Song , 3 , 2 : 06.3 h , and ( jet Fire , 4 , 2 : 02.2 have been in 2 : 25 ; Maria_Key , 2 , 2 : 06 h looked great in 2 : 22 ; Mocking_Byrd , p , 2 : 01.1 h has been in 2 : 12 , with a racing date approaching at_Bay Meadows .

For the aged horses : Mr._Budlong , p , 2 : 00.2 h , Lottie_Thomas , p , 2 : 04.2 h , Mighty_Signal 2 : 03 , Clever Braden , p , 2 : 01.1 h , and Glow_Star , p , 2 : 02.3 have been in 2 : 35 ; Miss_Demon_Abbe , p , 1 : 59.3 has trotted in 2 : 26 , and is expected to race at this gait ; Carter_Creed , p , 3 , 2 : 01.1 , Great_Lullwater 2 : 00.3 , and Hi Jay , p , 2 : 05.1 h have been in 2 : 30 ; Tanker_T. , 3 , 2 : 05.3 is now wearing hopples and has trained in 2 : 19 ; Stormy_Dream , p , 2 : 01.3 h , Demon_Abbe , p , 2 : 02 , Dundeen_B. , 4 , 2 : 04.2 h , Claudia 's Song , 3 , 2 : 06.3 h , and ( jet Fire , 4 , 2 : 02.2 have been in 2 : 25 ; Maria_Key , 2 , 2 : 06 h looked great in 2 : 22 ; Mocking_Byrd , p , 2 : 01.1 h has been in 2 : 12 , with a racing date approaching at_Bay Meadows .

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[ noun ] (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

Synonyms

subspecies

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

It is on them alone that the future of their race depends , for all their relatives ( mothers , husbands , brothers , and unmated sisters ) have perished with the arrival of the cold_weather .

Related terms

taxonomic_group biology

7
[ verb ] to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others

Examples

"We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"

Related terms

act

8
[ verb ] cause to move fast or to rush or race

Synonyms

rush

Examples

"The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

Related terms

move haste

9
[ noun ] the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Related terms

flow

10
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4921
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[ noun ] a canal for a current of water

Synonyms

raceway

Related terms

canal

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