1. A contest of speed
   "the race is to the swift"
    
2. Any competition
   "the race for the presidency"
    
3. 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"
    
4. (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
   "The Florida panther is a race of cougar";
   - subspecies
    
5. A canal for a current of water
   "The mill's race channelled water to power the wheel";
   - raceway
    
6. The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
   "The race from the helicopter's rotors kicked up dust and debris";
   - slipstream, airstream, backwash, wash

1. Move or travel very quickly
   "The cars raced down the street";
   - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, hurry, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal], whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], belt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal]
    
2. Compete in a race
   "let's race and see who gets there first";
   - run
    
3. To work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
   "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"
    
4. Cause to move fast or to rush or race
   "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze";
   - rush

Derived forms: racing, races, raced

Type of: act, canal, compete, competition, contend, contest, displace, flow, go, group, grouping, locomote, move, taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group, travel, vie

Encyclopedia: Race, Slovenia