What is the meaning of Race?

A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.

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 guide or channel that a component of a machine moves along:

  1. A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.

    A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.

    A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).

    A keno gambling session.

    To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).

    To compete against in a race (contest).

    To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.

    To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.

    A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):

    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 physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.

    A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.

    A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.

    A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:

    A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.

    A strain of plant with characteristics causing it to differ from other plants of the same species.

    A breed or strain of domesticated animal.

    A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.

    A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.

    Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.

    Characteristic quality or disposition.

    The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring.

    Ancestry.

    A step in a lineage or succession; a generation.

    Progeny, offspring, descendants.

    To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.

    To pass down certain phenotypic traits to offspring.

    A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.

    Obsolete form of raze.

    race

    breed

    a race (a contest where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective)

    a rush

    to race (to compete in a race, a contest where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective)

    to rush

    a speed contest, a race

    inflection of racen:

    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
    4. singular present subjunctive

    first-person singular present indicative

    (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

    imperative

    singular present subjunctive

    race (classification)

    kind

    breed

    race; breed

    nominative/accusative/vocative plural of raca

    race (competition)

    Obsolete form of ras.

    Source: wiktionary.org