Definitions for racereɪs

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

racereɪs(n.; v.)raced, rac•ing.

(n.)a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
races, a series of races, run at a set time over a regular course.
any contest or competition, esp. to achieve superiority:
an arms race.
Category: Common Vocabulary
an urgent effort, as when a solution is imperative:
a race to find a vaccine.
onward movement; an onward or regular course.
the course of time or life.
a strong or rapid current of water, as in the sea or a river. the channel or bed of such a current or of any stream.
Category: Geology
an artificial channel leading water to or from a place where its energy is utilized.
Category: Civil Engineering
a channel, groove, or the like, for sliding or rolling a part or parts, as the balls of a ball bearing.
Category: Machinery
(v.i.)to engage in a contest of speed; run a race.
to run horses or dogs in races.
to run, move, or go swiftly.
(of an engine, wheel, etc.) to run with undue or uncontrolled speed when the load is diminished without corresponding diminution of fuel, force, etc.
(v.t.)to run a race against.
to enter (a horse, car, etc.) in a race.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to cause to run, move, or go at high speed:
to race a motor.
Category: Automotive

Origin of race:

1250–1300; < ON rās a running, race

racereɪs(n.)

a group of persons related by common descent or heredity.
Anthropol. a classification of modern humans, sometimes, esp. formerly, based on an arbitrary selection of physical characteristics, as skin color, facial form, or eye shape, and now frequently based on such genetic markers as blood groups. a human population partially isolated reproductively from other populations, whose members share a greater degree of physical and genetic similarity with one another than with other humans.
Category: Physical Anthropology
any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.:
the Dutch race.
the human race or family; humankind.
Zool. a variety; subspecies.
Category: Zoology
any group, class, or kind, esp. of persons.
the characteristic taste or flavor of wine.
Category: Viniculture/Winemaking

Origin of race:

1490–1500; < F < It razza, of uncert. orig.

Racereɪs(n.)

Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

race(noun)
any competition
"the race for the presidency"
race(noun)
a contest of speed
"the race is to the swift"
race(noun)
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"
subspecies, race(noun)
(biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash(noun)
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
raceway, race(verb)
a canal for a current of water
rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it(verb)
move fast
"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
race, run(verb)
compete in a race
"he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
race(verb)
to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
"We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"
race, rush(verb)
cause to move fast or to rush or race
"The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

race(noun)ɪs
a competition of speed
a running race; to win/lose a race
raceɪs
an event at which horses or dogs run against each other
raceɪs
a competition to get the best position or most power
the race for president
raceɪs
a group of people defined by the color of their skin, shape of their features, etc.
race and gender; people of many races
raceɪs
a situation in which sth must be done quickly
The rescue was a race against time.
race(verb)ɪs
to take part in a race
Come on, I'll race you to that post.
raceɪs
to go somewhere, move, or do sth quickly
We watched her racing along the hight street.; He raced through his speech.
raceɪs
to take sb somewhere quickly
They raced him into the operating theater.

Webster Dictionary

Race(verb)
to raze
Race(noun)
a root
Race(noun)
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
Race(noun)
company; herd; breed
Race(noun)
a variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed
Race(noun)
peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack
Race(noun)
hence, characteristic quality or disposition
Race(noun)
a progress; a course; a movement or progression
Race(noun)
esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running
Race(noun)
hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races
Race(noun)
competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life
Race(noun)
a strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney
Race(noun)
the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race
Race(noun)
a channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc
Race(verb)
to run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port
Race(verb)
to run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea
Race(verb)
to cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses
Race(verb)
to run a race with