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Words related to race

Related / Similar Words: raceway, subspecies, slipstream, airstream, backwash, wash, run, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along

Definition:

a canal for a current of water;

a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift";

any competition; "the race for the presidency";

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";

(biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species;

the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller;

compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let''s race and see who gets there first";

step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street";

cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze";

to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS";

See Also: run off, accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken

Hyponyms: automobile race, auto race, car race, bicycle race, boat race, burnup, chariot race, dog racing, footrace, foot race, run, freestyle, cross country, heat, horse race, potato race, sack race, scratch race, ski race, skiing race, relays, relay race, repechage, arms race, political campaign, campaign, color, colour, people of color, people of colour, master race, Herrenvolk, Black race, Negroid race, Negro race, White race, White people, Caucasoid race, Caucasian race, Yellow race, Mongoloid race, Mongolian race, Indian race, Amerindian race, Slavic people, Slavic race, show, place, boat-race, horse-race, speed skate, barge, thrust ahead, push forward, tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash

Derivational Morphology: run, footrace, foot race, runner, track, running, racer, race car, racing car, racing, speed, velocity, swiftness, fastness, speeding, hurrying, haste, hurry, rush, rushing, race driver, automobile driver

Anagrams: care, Acre, Acer, acre

Language Translations:
Bosnian: trka		Chinese: 競賽
Croatian: trka		Dutch: wedloop
Finnish: kilpailu		French: course
German: Rennen		Hungarian: verseny
Italian: corsa		Japanese: 競争
Korean: 경주		Portuguese: corrida
Russian: гонки		Slovene: dirka
Spanish: carrera		Swedish: kapplöpning

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