English Explanatory Dictionary

race

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
  2. Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
  3. A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
  4. A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.
  5. A fast-moving current of water.
  6. 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.
  7. A path that something or someone moves along.
  8. A guide or channel that a component of a machine moves along:
  9. A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.
  10. A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).
  11. A keno gambling session.
verb
  1. To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
  2. To compete against in a race (contest).
  3. To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
  4. To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
noun
  1. A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):
  2. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
  3. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
  4. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
  5. A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
  6. A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species
  7. A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:
  8. A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
  9. A strain of plant with characteristics causing it to differ from other plants of the same species.
  10. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
  11. A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.
  12. A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.
verb
  1. To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
  2. To pass down certain phenotypic traits to offspring.
noun
  1. A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
verb
  1. To sharpen (a grindstone) by scraping its surface.
  2. Alternative spelling of raze.
  3. To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash; specifically (nautical), to make marks on (something, such as a piece of wood) using a race knife.
  4. To physically destroy; to obliterate:
  5. To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
  6. To make (a path or way) through something by cutting or tearing.
  7. To make a cut or slash in (an item of clothing or footwear) as a decoration.
  8. To erase; to delete; to edit:
  9. To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.
  10. To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
  11. To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
verb
  1. To pluck or snatch (something); also, to pull (something).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

rās /ɹeɪs/ En-us-race.ogg

Word forms

race races racing raced no-table-tags glossary racest racedst raceth rase

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race From Middle English race, partially from Old English rǣs (“a race, swift or violent running, rush, onset”), from Proto-West Germanic *rās; and partially from Old Norse rás (“a running, race”); both from Proto-Germanic *rēsō (“a course”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- (“to flow, rush”). Cognate with Middle Low German râs ("a strong current"; whence German Low German Raas (“mad rush, rage, fury”)), Dutch ras (“a strong whirling current”), Danish ræs, Norwegian and Swedish ras, Norwegian rås.

Synonyms

dash running rush race condition race hazard course procedure process train array chain procession consecution sequence series string succession rip career progress shuttle race ballrace shift zip zoom breed strain kind lineage people variety clan ethnicity ethnic group ethnie nationality tribe ecospecies ecotype subspecies pathotype pathovar class type category description stripe fashion division family genre ilk likes race rubric set sort typicity attribute idiosyncrasy

Related words

racial racism racist

Derived words

arms race ballrace caucus race data race dog in the race elephant race footrace have a dog in the race headrace head-race head race loudness race midrace mill-race minirace nearly never won the race no horse in that race no horse in this race off to the races one's race is run pawn race postrace prerace raceabout race against the clock race against time racebike racebook racecard racecar race car racecation race cloth race condition racecourse race cycling raceday race day race game race glass racegoer race-goer racegoing raceground race hazard racehorse racemare race meeting race out of the traps racepath race queen race rotation racerunner race to the bottom race to the top racetrack race track racewalk race-walk race walk

Translations

Catalan: raça Danish: race Dutch: ras Dutch: afkomst Dutch: soort Finnish: rotu Galician: raza Greek: φυλή Greek: γενεά Greek: γενιά Hawaiian: lāhui Hungarian: rassz Hungarian: fajta Hungarian: típus Hungarian: csoport Hungarian: kategória Indonesian: ras Italian: razza Macedonian: раса Polish: rasa Portuguese: raça Portuguese: categoria Slovene: rasa Swedish: ras Welsh: hil Arabic: عِرْق Armenian: ռասա Belarusian: ра́са Bulgarian: ра́са Burmese: လူမျိုး Chinese Mandarin: 種族 /种族 French: race Gothic: 𐌺𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 Ancient Greek: γένος Icelandic: kynþáttur Irish: cine Japanese: 人種 Korean: 인종 Central Kurdish: ڕەگەز Mongolian: арьстан Mongolian: үүлдэр Norwegian Bokmål: rase Norwegian Nynorsk: rase Persian: نژاد Romanian: rasă Russian: ра́са Russian: порода Tok Pisin: lain Ottoman Turkish: صوی Ottoman Turkish: نسل Ukrainian: ра́са Tatar: токым
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