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Meaning of races
noun
- A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins Example: The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.
- Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
- A race condition.
- A progressive movement toward a goal. Example: the race to cure cancer
- A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
verb
- To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest). Example: The drivers were racing around the track.
- To compete against in such a race. Example: I raced him to the car, but he was there first, so he got to ride shotgun.
- To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed. Example: As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door.
- Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
noun
- A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
- A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.
- A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science). Example: Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision.
- 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.
verb
- To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
noun
- A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
verb
- To demolish; to level to the ground.
- To scrape as if with a razor.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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