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