Definitions from Wiktionary (race)

▸ noun:  A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
▸ noun:  Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
▸ noun:  (electronics, computing) A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
▸ noun:  A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.
▸ noun:  A fast-moving current of water.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  A path that something or someone moves along.
▸ noun:  A guide or channel that a component of a machine moves along:
▸ noun:  (sewing, weaving) A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.
▸ noun:  (engineering) 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).
▸ noun:  (gambling) A keno gambling session.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, of a motor) To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
▸ noun:  A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):
▸ noun:  A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
▸ noun:  A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
▸ noun:  A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
▸ noun:  (fantasy, science fiction, mythology) A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
▸ noun:  A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:
▸ noun:  (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
▸ noun:  (botany) A strain of plant with characteristics causing it to differ from other plants of the same species.
▸ noun:  (animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
▸ noun:  (mycology, bacteriology) A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring.
▸ noun:  (archaic, uncountable) Ancestry, lineage.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A step in a lineage or succession; a generation.
▸ noun:  (obsolete, uncountable) Progeny, offspring, descendants.
▸ verb:  To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To pass down certain phenotypic traits to offspring.
▸ noun:  A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ verb:  Obsolete form of raze. [(transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground.]

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