race: signification et définitions

A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics.

A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the German race.

A genealogical line; a lineage.

Humans considered as a group.

Biology An interbreeding, usually geographically isolated population of organisms differing from other populations of the same species in the frequency of hereditary traits. A race that has been given formal taxonomic recognition is known as a subspecies.

Biology A breed or strain, as of domestic animals.

A distinguishing or characteristic quality, such as the flavor of a wine.

Sports A competition of speed, as in running or riding.

Sports A series of such competitions held at a specified time on a regular course: a fan of the dog races.

An extended competition in which participants struggle like runners to be the winner: the presidential race.

Steady or rapid onward movement: the race of time.

A strong or swift current of water.

The channel of such a current.

An artificial channel built to transport water and use its energy. Also called raceway.

A groovelike part of a machine in which a moving part slides or rolls.

See slipstream.

Sports To compete in a contest of speed.

To move rapidly or at top speed: We raced home. My heart was racing with fear.

To run too rapidly due to decreased resistance or unnecessary provision of fuel: adjusted the idle to keep the engine from racing.

Sports To compete against in a race.

Sports To cause to compete in a race: She races horses for a living.

To transport rapidly or at top speed; rush: raced the injured motorist to the hospital.

To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.