Word Finder - race

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A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.

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Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.

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(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.

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A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.

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A fast-moving current of water.

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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.

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A path that something or someone moves along.

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A guide or channel that a component of a machine moves along:

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(gambling) A keno gambling session.

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(intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).

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(transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).

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(intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.

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(intransitive, of a motor) To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.

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A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):

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A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:

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(by extension) A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.

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(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.

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(obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.

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(obsolete) The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring.

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(archaic, uncountable) Ancestry, lineage.

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(obsolete) A step in a lineage or succession; a generation.

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(obsolete, uncountable) Progeny, offspring, descendants.

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To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.

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(obsolete) To pass down certain phenotypic traits to offspring.

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A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.

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(archaic) To sharpen (a grindstone) by scraping its surface.

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Alternative spelling of raze

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(transitive, obsolete) To pluck or snatch (something); also, to pull (something).