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Meaning:
Noun:
- A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Several horses run in a ''horse race'', and the first one to reach the finishing post wins; in an ''arms race'' several countries each try to acquire more powerful weapons than any other.
- A fast moving current of water.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common, genetically linked, physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
- A progressive movement toward a goal.
- A rhizome, ''especially'' of ginger.
- biology A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; informal for subspecies.
- controversial usage One of the categories from the many subcategorizations of the human species. ''See Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race.''
- figurative A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).
- The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
- Travels, runs, or journeys.
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Verb:
- intransitive Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
- intransitive To move or drive at high speed.
- intransitive To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
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