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race

(r/eI/s )

any competition(noun.event)

Example:
The race for the presidency.

source: wordnet30
a contest of speed(noun.event)

Example:
The race is to the swift.

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people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock(noun.group)

Example:
Some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings.

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

Synonym:
subspecies

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the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller(noun.phenomenon)

Synonym:
airstream, backwash, slipstream, wash

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a canal for a current of water(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
raceway

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A root.(noun)

source: webster1913
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)

source: webster1913
A progress; a course; a movement or progression.(noun)

source: webster1913

move fast(verb.motion)

Example:
The cars raced down the street.

Synonym:
belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, rush, rush along, speed, step on it
Antonym:
dawdle, linger

source: wordnet30
compete in a race(verb.competition)

Example:
Let's race and see who gets there first.

Synonym:
run

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to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others(verb.social)

source: wordnet30
cause to move fast or to rush or race(verb.motion)

Example:
The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze.

Synonym:
rush

source: wordnet30
To raze.(verb)

source: webster1913
To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.(verb)

source: webster1913

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