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The paved area below the yellow line on a race track.
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(figuratively) Any similar competition that involves competing developments.
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(athletics, horse racing) The straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line; the backstretch.
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An individual race in bracket racing.
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(transitive) Consistently ride in races for a racing season.
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(obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.
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An accomplished amateur athlete.
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A person who practises coursing.
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(obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running.
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A sports competition held every two years for deaf people.
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The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.
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(charity) A fund-raising event where numbered plastic ducks are released in a river, with the winner being the person whose duck reaches the finish line first.
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(motor racing, horse racing) A uncambered corner of racetrack; a racetrack whose corners are uncambered.
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A race that takes place over open or clear ground.
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The running of races on foot.
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(US, horse racing) From start to finish. (Usually used to describe a horse that wins a race by leading throughout.)
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(countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
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The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an annual sled dog race held in Alaska, USA.
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(countable) A race of that sport.
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(sports) A format of starting in certain racing sports, such as long-distance running, cycling and biathlon, where the competitors start at the same time and same place and proceed along the same course.
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(sports, often in combination) An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
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A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.
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The running of point-to-point races.
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A proprietary surface for horse racing tracks, made from silica sand with various recycled materials such as carpeting and rubber, all coated with wax.
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(motor racing, chiefly Canada, US) A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.
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A person (especially a cyclist) who takes part in a pursuit race
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(computing) A race condition.
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Alternative form of raceday [(horse racing) A day on which a race is held]
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(electronics, computing) A race condition.
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Alternative form of racewalker [One who participates in the sport of racewalking.]
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A vacation consisting mainly of visiting race venues.
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A course over which races are run.
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The total of a racer's skill (craft) along dimensions including: practicing, qualifying, starts, beginning, mid-race and end-race pace, passing, wear equipment usage, and pit strategy.
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Someone who takes part in a race.
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Synonym of scratch sheet
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An activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.
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(law enforcement, slang, US) A high-profile high-priority case which draws political or media attention.
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(theater) Synonym of jog (“type of flat”)
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(horse racing) A race longer than one mile.
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(games, racing) A race in which competitors stand in sacks or similar items and try to be the first to jump to the finish line.
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(cycling) Any race where the winner is the first to cross the finish line.
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(countable) A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.
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(motor racing, slang) The start/finish line.
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(games, racing) A race in which a team of two players are joined together at opposite ankles, and must complete a short sprint before the other teams.
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A practitioner of parkour.
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A person who uses or is on a treadmill.
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A building used as a school of gymnastics.
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In an ancient racecourse, a post marking where the horses were to turn, which also served as the winning line.
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A two-member team race in which one team member holds the legs of the other, as if the handles of a wheelbarrow. The team member playing the barrow runs on his/her hands.
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A Scandinavian sport in which men carry women through an obstacle course.
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An instance of wok racing.
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