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      race
      noun
      A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
      Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
      (electronics, computing) A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
      A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.
      A fast-moving current of water.
      A water channel, especially one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised, such as that which powers a millwheel.
      A path that something or someone moves along.
      A guide or channel that a component of a machine moves along:
      (sewing, weaving) A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.
      (engineering) A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).
      (gambling) A keno gambling session.
      A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
      A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
      A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
      (fantasy, science fiction, mythology) A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
      A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:
      (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
      (botany) A strain of plant with characteristics causing it to differ from other plants of the same species.
      (animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
      (mycology, bacteriology) A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.
      (by extension) A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.
      (botany) A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
      A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):
      A surname.
      (obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
      (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
      (obsolete) The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring.
      (archaic, uncountable) Ancestry, lineage.
      (obsolete) A step in a lineage or succession; a generation.
      (obsolete, uncountable) Progeny, offspring, descendants.
      verb
      (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
      (transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).
      (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
      (intransitive, of a motor) To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
      To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
      Alternative spelling of raze.
      (West Country) To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash; specifically (nautical), to make marks on (something, such as a piece of wood) using a race knife.
      To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
      (clothing, footwear) To make a cut or slash in (an item of clothing or footwear) as a decoration.
      To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.
      (also figurative) To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
      (figurative) To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
      (obsolete) To pass down certain phenotypic traits to offspring.
      (archaic) To sharpen (a grindstone) by scraping its surface.
      (obsolete) To physically destroy; to obliterate:
      (rare) To make (a path or way) through something by cutting or tearing.
      (obsolete) To erase; to delete; to edit:
      (transitive, obsolete) To pluck or snatch (something); also, to pull (something).
      Synonyms for race
      footracenrunvsprintnmarathonnracecoursenspeedvregattancompetitionnderbyncontestn
      Words related to race
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