All Definitions for Races
Below are all the dictionary definitions of races:
1A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
2Swift progress
3Rapid motion
4An instance of moving or driving at high speed.
5A race condition
6A bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
7A sequence of events
8A progressive movement toward a goal.
9A fast-moving current of water.
10A water channel, especially one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised, such as that which powers a millwheel.
11A path that something or someone moves along.
12A guide or channel that a component of a machine moves along:
13A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.
14A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).
15A keno gambling session.
16To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
17To compete against in a race (contest).
18To move or drive at high speed
19To hurry or speed.
20To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
21A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
22A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
23A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
24A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
25A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics
26Often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:
27A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics
28A mating group.
29A strain of plant with characteristics causing it to differ from other plants of the same species.
30A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
31A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.
32A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.
33To assign a race to
34To perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
35A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
36Alternative spelling of raze.
37To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object
38To lacerate, to slash
39Specifically (nautical), to make marks on (something, such as a piece of wood) using a race knife.
40To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground
41To demolish.
42To make a cut or slash in (an item of clothing or footwear) as a decoration.
43To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.
44To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping
45To rub out, to scratch out.
46To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.
47Also, to remove from existence
48To destroy, to obliterate.
49A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):
50Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine
51That quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine
52Hence, characteristic flavour.
53Characteristic quality or disposition.
54The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring.
55Ancestry, lineage.
56A step in a lineage or succession
57A generation.
58Progeny, offspring, descendants.
59To pass down certain phenotypic traits to offspring.
60To sharpen (a grindstone) by scraping its surface.
61To physically destroy
62To obliterate:
63To make (a path or way) through something by cutting or tearing.
64To erase
65To delete
66To edit:
67To pluck or snatch (something)
68Also, to pull (something).
69A surname.
About synonyms for races
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