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NOUN | 1 | race | Any competition |
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2 | race | People who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock | |
3 | race | A contest of speed | |
4 | race, slipstream, airstream, backwash, wash | The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | |
5 | race, subspecies | (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species | |
6 | race, raceway | A canal for a current of water | |
VERB | 1 | race, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along | Step on it |
2 | race, run | Compete in a race | |
3 | race | To work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others | |
4 | race, rush | Cause to move fast or to rush or race |
Sounds | rey's |
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Rhymes | ace / ACE, aerospace, airspace, and 64 more rhymes in eys at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Any competition. |
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Examples | "the race for the presidency" |
Narrower | arms race; political campaign, campaign, run |
Broader | contest, competition |
Verbs | race |
Meaning | People who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock. |
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Examples | "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings" |
Narrower | color, colour, people of color, people of colour; master race, Herrenvolk; Black race, Negroid race, Negro race; White race, White people, Caucasoid race, Caucasian race; Yellow race, Mongoloid race, Mongolian race; Indian race, Amerindian race; Indian race; Slavic people, Slavic race |
Broader | group, grouping |
Adjectives | racial |
Meaning | A contest of speed. |
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Examples | "the race is to the swift" |
Narrower | automobile race, auto race, car race; bicycle race; boat race; burnup; chariot race; dog racing; footrace, foot race, run; freestyle; cross country; heat; horse race; potato race; sack race; scratch race; ski race, skiing race; relays, relay race; repechage |
Broader | contest, competition |
Verbs | race |
Meaning | The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. |
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Synonyms | slipstream, airstream, backwash, wash |
Broader | flow |
Meaning | (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species. Usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species. |
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Synonyms | subspecies |
Category | biology, biological science |
Broader | taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon |
Meaning | A canal for a current of water. |
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Synonyms | raceway |
Broader | canal |
Meaning | Step on it. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Model | They race up the hill |
Examples | "The cars raced down the street" |
Synonyms | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along |
Entailed by | stampede; bustle, bustle about, hustle |
Narrower | barge, thrust ahead, push forward; tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck; dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Contrary | linger, dawdle |
Meaning | Compete in a race. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Model | These cars won't race |
Examples | "let's race and see who gets there first" |
Synonyms | run |
Narrower | show; place; boat-race; horse-race; campaign, run; speed skate |
Broader | compete, vie, contend |
Nouns | race; racer; racer; racing; race |
Meaning | To work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
Broader | act, move |
Meaning | Cause to move fast or to rush or race. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Model | They race the car down the avenue |
Examples | "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" |
Synonyms | rush |
Broader | move, displace |
Nouns | racer |