race¹ /rās/

1. A competitive trial of speed as by running, driving, sailing, etc
2. (in pl) a meeting for horse- or dog-racing
3. A competition in getting ahead of others figuratively
4. A running or racing place (rare)
5. A run or onward rush (archaic and Scot)
6. A fixed course, track or path over which anything runs
7. A channel bringing water to or from a millwheel
8. A groove in which anything runs (such as ball-bearings or a rope)
9. A passage through which sheep pass, eg to be dipped (Aust and NZ)
10. A regular traverse of a fixed course, as of the sun
11. A rapid flow or current of the tides

1. To run, go, drive, sail, etc swiftly
2. To contend in speed with others
3. (of an engine, propeller, etc) to run wildly when resistance is removed
4. To own racehorses or watch horse-racing as a hobby

1. To cause (a car, horse, etc) to race
2. To rush (an action)
3. To contend in speed or in a race with

raˈcer noun

1. A person who or that which races
2. Any of several non-venomous N American snakes of the genus Coluber

raˈcing noun

raˈcy adjective

raceˈ-ball noun

A ball held in connection with a race meeting

raceˈcard noun

A programme for a race meeting

raceˈcourse, raceˈpath or raceˈtrack noun

A course for running races over

raceˈ-cup noun

A piece of plate forming a prize at a race

raceˈgoer noun

An attender at race meetings

raceˈgoing noun

raceˈhorse noun

A horse bred for racing

race meeting noun

An organized occasion for horse-racing

raceˈ-walker noun

raceˈ-walking noun

A form of racing in which the competitors walk as fast as possible, but must not run

raceˈway noun

1. A millrace
2. A channel or groove for directing or controlling movement
3. A track for running races over

racing bit noun

A light jointed ringbit

racing car noun

racing certainty noun

A thing certain to happen

race² /rās/

1. The descendants of a common ancestor, esp those who inherit a common set of characteristics
2. Such a set of descendants, narrower than a species
3. A breed
4. A stud or herd (obsolete)
5. Ancestry, lineage, stock
6. The condition of belonging by descent to a particular group
7. Inherited disposition
8. A class or group, defined otherwise than by descent
9. A sex (obsolete)
10. Peculiar flavour, as of wine, by which its origin may be recognized
11. Raciness, piquancy

racial /rāˈshl, -shyəl or -shi-əl/ adjective

Of or relating to race

raˈcialism noun

Racism

raˈcialist noun and adjective

Racist

racialisˈtic adjective

raˈcially adverb

raciāˈtion noun

Formation locally of new, distinct biological groups smaller than species

racˈism noun

1. Hatred, rivalry or bad feeling between races
2. Belief in the inherent superiority of some races over others, usu with the implication of a right to be dominant
3. Discriminative treatment based on such belief

racˈist noun and adjective

raceˈ-baiting noun

1. Persecution on the grounds of race
2. Incitement of racial hatred

race hatred noun

Animosity accompanying difference of race

race memory noun

Folk-memory

race relations plural noun

Social relations between members of different races living in the same country or community

race riot noun

A riot caused by perceived discrimination on the grounds of race

race suicide noun

Voluntary cessation of reproduction, leading to the extinction of the race

racial unconscious same as collective unconscious (see under collect).

play the race card

To introduce the topic of race for one's own advantage, often to impute racism to an opponent or to appeal to a racist audience.

race³ /rās/ (Shakespeare)

A rootstock of ginger

race⁴ /rās/

A white streak down an animal's face (also ratch or rach)

race⁵ /rās/

1. To scratch
2. To raze (Spenser)
3. To erase (Spenser)
4. To slash (Shakespeare)

A cut, slit or scratch

race⁶ /rās/ (Spenser)

To tear away or off, to pluck, snatch (also (Shakespeare) rase)

• trot-cosey
• trot-cozies
• trot-cozy
• troth
• trothed
• trothful
• trothing
• trothless
• trothplight
• trothplighted
• trothplighting
• trothplights
• troth ring
• troth rings
• troths
• trotline
• trotlines
• trot out
• trots
• Trots
• Trotskyism
• Trotskyist
• Trotskyite
• trotted
• trotter