Race

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Race means to speed or move quickly. A race is a contest to see who is moving the quickest. Race can also mean genetic grouping––if you are reading this, chances are you're a member of the "human race."

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The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.

Noun
a canal for a current of water

Noun
a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"

Noun
any competition; "the race for the presidency"

Noun
people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

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

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

Verb
compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let''s race and see who gets there first"

Verb
step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

Verb
cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

Verb
to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"


v. t.
To raze.

n.
A root.

n.
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.

n.
Company; herd; breed.

n.
A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed.

n.
Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack.

n.
Hence, characteristic quality or disposition.

n.
A progress; a course; a movement or progression.

n.
Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.

n.
Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races.

n.
Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.

n.
A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.

n.
The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.

n.
A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.

v. i.
To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.

v. i.
To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea.

v. t.
To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.

v. t.
To run a race with.


Race

Race, n. [F. race; cf. Pr. & Sp. raza, It. razza; all from OHG. reiza line, akin to E. write. See Write.] 1. The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.
The whole race of mankind.
Whence the long race of Alban fathers come.
&hand; Naturalists and ehnographers divide mankind into several distinct varieties, or races. Cuvier refers them all to three, Pritchard enumerates seven, Agassiz eight, Pickering describes eleven. One of the common classifications is that of Blumenbach, who makes five races: the Caucasian, or white race, to which belong the greater part of the European nations and those of Western Asia; the Mongolian, or yellow race, occupying Tartary, China, Japan, etc.; the Ethiopian, or negro race, occupying most of Africa (except the north), Australia, Papua, and other Pacific Islands; the American, or red race, comprising the Indians of North and South America; and the Malayan, or brown race, which occupies the islands of the Indian Archipelago, etc. Many recent writers classify the Malay and American races as branches of the Mongolian. See Illustration in Appendix. 2. Company; herd; breed.
For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds.
. 3. (Bot.) A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed. 4. Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack. "A race of heaven." Shak.
Is it [the wine] of the right race ?
5. Hence, characteristic quality or disposition. [Obs.]
And now I give my sensual race the rein.
Some . . . great race of fancy or judgment.
Syn. -- Lineage; line; family; house; breed; offspring; progeny; issue.

Race

Race, n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. r&aemac;s a rush, running; akin to Icel. r'bes course, race. &root;118.] 1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression. 2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts.
3. Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races.
The race is not to the swift.
I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race.
4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
My race of glory run, and race of shame.
5. A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney. 6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race. &hand; The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes called the headrace, the part below, the tailrace. 7. (Mach.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc. Race cloth, a cloth worn by horses in racing, having pockets to hold the weights prescribed. -- Race course. (a) The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which a race is run. (b) Same as Race way, below. -- Race cup, a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race. -- Race glass, a kind of field glass. -- Race horse. (a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a horse bred or kept for running races. (b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running. (c) (Zo'94l.) The steamer duck. (d) (Zo'94l.) A mantis. -- Race knife, a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as by a pattern, -- used in shipbuilding. -- Race saddle, a light saddle used in racing. -- Race track. Same as Race course (a), above. -- Race way, the canal for the current that drives a water wheel.

Race

Race, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Racing .] 1. To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port. 2. (Steam Mach.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea.

Race

Race, v. t. 1. To cause to contend in race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses. 2. To run a race with.

The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.

A progress; a course; a movement or progression.

To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.

To cause to contend in race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.

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Usage Examples

A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins.

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.

But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past.

All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.

Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race.

But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

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