race

1 :  to compete in a race

2 :  to go, move, or function at top speed or out of control people racing for safety struggled to sleep as his mind raced

3 :  to revolve too fast under a diminished load

1 :  to engage in a race with

2a :  to enter in a raceb :  to drive or ride at high speedc :  to transport or propel at maximum speed

3 :  to speed (an engine) without a working load or with the transmission disengaged

1 :  a breeding stock of animals

2a :  a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stockb :  a class or kind of people unified by shared interests, habits, or characteristics

3a :  an actually or potentially interbreeding group within a species; also :  a taxonomic category (such as a subspecies) representing such a groupb :  breedc :  a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits

4 obsolete :  inherited temperament or disposition

5 :  distinctive flavor, taste, or strength

1 :  to go, move, function, or drive at top speed I looked up and saw black clouds racing off … — Jon Scieszka, The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy

2 :  to take part in a contest of speed

3 :  to cause an engine of a motor vehicle in neutral to run fast

1 :  a contest of speed

2 :  a contest involving progress toward a goal the race for mayor

3 :  a strong or rapid current of water

1 :  any one of the groups that human beings can be divided into based on shared distinctive physical traits

2 :  a group of individuals who share a common culture or history the English race

3 :  a major group of living things the human race

1a:  an actually or potentially interbreeding group within a species; also :  a taxonomic category (as a subspecies) representing such a groupb:  breed

2:  a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits