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Meaning of race

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  race
      n 1: any competition; "the race for the presidency"
      2: a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"
      3: people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock;
         "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic
         differences between races of human beings"
      4: (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species;
         usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation
         within a species [syn: {subspecies}, {race}]
      5: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
         propeller [syn: {slipstream}, {airstream}, {race},
         {backwash}, {wash}]
      6: a canal for a current of water [syn: {raceway}, {race}]
      v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
           "The cars raced down the street" [syn: {rush}, {hotfoot},
           {hasten}, {hie}, {speed}, {race}, {pelt along}, {rush
           along}, {cannonball along}, {bucket along}, {belt along},
           {step on it}] [ant: {dawdle}, {linger}]
      2: compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year";
         "let's race and see who gets there first" [syn: {race},
         {run}]
      3: to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in
         competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for
         AIDS"
      4: cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist
         raced the rats through a long maze" [syn: {race}, {rush}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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