Race — Defs

01 v. t. To raze.

1.
To raze.[Obs.]

02 n. A root.

1.
A root.

Phrases & compounds

Race ginger — ginger in the root, or not pulverized.

03 n. 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.

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.” — Shak.

“Whence the long race of Alban fathers come.” — Dryden.
2.
Company; herd; breed.
“For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds.” — Shak.
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 ?” — Massinger.
5.
Hence, characteristic quality or disposition.[Obs.]
“And now I give my sensual race the rein.” — Shak.

“Some . . . great race of fancy or judgment.” — Sir W. Temple.

Syn. Lineage; line; family; house; breed; offspring; progeny; issue.

04 n. A progress; a course; a movement or progression.

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.” — Bacon.
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.” — Pope.
4.
Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
“My race of glory run, and race of shame.” — Milton.
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.

05 v. i. To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.

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.)

06 v. t. To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.

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