Race /(rās)/

Race

v. t.
  1. To raze. [Obs.]

Race

n.
  1. A root.

Phrases & Compounds
Race ginger
ginger in the root, or not pulverized.

Race

n.
  1. The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.
    The whole race of mankind.
    Whence the long race of Alban fathers come.
  2. Company; herd; breed.
    For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds.
  3. A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed. (Bot.)
  4. Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack.
    Is it [the wine] of the right race ?
  5. Hence, characteristic quality or disposition. [Obs.]
    And now I give my sensual race the rein.
    Some . . . great race of fancy or judgment.

Race

n.
  1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression.
  2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
    The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts.
  3. Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races.
    The race is not to the swift.
    — Eccl. ix. 11.
    I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race.
  4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
    My race of glory run, and race of shame.
  5. A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.
  6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.
  7. A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc. (Mach.)

Phrases & Compounds
Race cloth
a cloth worn by horses in racing, having pockets to hold the weights prescribed.
Race course
The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which a race is run
Race cup
a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race.
Race glass
a kind of field glass.
Race horse
A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a horse bred or kept for running races
Race knife
a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as by a pattern, -- used in shipbuilding.
Race saddle
a light saddle used in racing.
Race track
Same as Race course (a), above.
Race way
the canal for the current that drives a water wheel.

Race

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Raced; p. pr. & vb. n. Racing

  1. To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.
  2. To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea. (Steam Mach.)

Race

v. t.
  1. To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.
  2. To run a race with.