race
/ɹeɪs/ noun B1- A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. · Several horses ran in a horse race: the first one to reach the finishing post won.· The race to cure cancer
- Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
- A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
- A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.
- A fast-moving current of water.
- A water channel, especially one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised, such as that which powers a millwheel.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.
Plural races
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
And shields a stranger race.
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
“What I was going to say,” said the Dodo in an offended tone, “was, that the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race.”
“What _is_ a Caucus-race?” said Alice; not that she wanted much to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that _somebody_ ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything.
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