race

Meanings

• any competition
  • "the race for the presidency"
• a contest of speed
  • "the race is to the swift"
• 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"
• (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
• a canal for a current of water
• move fast
  • "The cars raced down the street"
• compete in a race
  • "let's race and see who gets there first"
• to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
• cause to move fast or to rush or race
  • "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

Synonyms

airstream, backwash, belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, raceway, run, rush, rush along, slipstream, speed, step on it, subspecies, wash