Dictionary entry details
• RACE (noun)
Meaning:
Any competition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Context example:
the race for the presidency
Hypernyms ("race" is a kind of...):
competition; contest (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "race"):
campaign; political campaign; run (a race between candidates for elective office)
arms race (a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments)
Meaning:
People who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings
Hypernyms ("race" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "race"):
Slavic people; Slavic race (a race of people speaking a Slavonic language)
Indian race (sometimes included in the Caucasian race; native to the subcontinent of India)
Amerindian race; Indian race (usually included in the Mongoloid race)
Mongolian race; Mongoloid race; Yellow race (an Asian race)
Caucasian race; Caucasoid race; White people; White race (a light-skinned race)
Black race; Negro race; Negroid race (a dark-skinned race)
Herrenvolk; master race (a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others)
color; colour; people of color; people of colour (a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks))
Meaning:
A contest of speed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Context example:
the race is to the swift
Hypernyms ("race" is a kind of...):
competition; contest (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "race"):
auto race; automobile race; car race (a race between (usually high-performance) automobiles)
repechage (a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race)
relay race; relays (a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance)
ski race; skiing race (a race between people wearing skis)
scratch race (a race in which all contestant start from scratch (on equal terms))
sack race (a novelty race in which competitors jump ahead with their feet confined in a sack)
potato race (a novelty race in which competitors move potatoes from one place to another one at a time)
horse race (a contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting)
heat (a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race)
cross country (a long race run over open country)
freestyle (a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use)
foot race; footrace; run (a race run on foot)
dog racing (a race between dogs; usually an occasion for betting on the outcome)
chariot race (a race between ancient chariots)
burnup (a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road)
boat race (a race between people rowing or driving boats)
bicycle race (a race between people riding bicycles)
Meaning:
The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
backwash; slipstream; airstream; race; wash
Hypernyms ("race" is a kind of...):
flow (any uninterrupted stream or discharge)
Meaning:
(biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
subspecies; race
Hypernyms ("race" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Meaning:
A canal for a current of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
raceway; race
Hypernyms ("race" is a kind of...):
canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)
• RACE (verb)
Meaning:
Step on it
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
speed; rush along; rush; race; pelt along; hotfoot; hie; cannonball along; bucket along; belt along; hasten
Context examples:
He rushed down the hall to receive his guests / The cars raced down the street
Hypernyms (to "race" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "race"):
barge; push forward; thrust ahead (push one's way)
buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)
dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
They race up the hill
Meaning:
Compete in a race
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
race; run
Context examples:
he is running the Marathon this year / let's race and see who gets there first
Hypernyms (to "race" is one way to...):
compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "race"):
speed skate (race on skates)
campaign; run (run, stand, or compete for an office or a position)
horse-race (compete in a horse race)
boat-race (participate in a boat race)
place (finish second or better in a horse or dog race)
show (finish third or better in a horse or dog race)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
These cars won't race
Meaning:
To work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
We are racing to find a cure for AIDS
Hypernyms (to "race" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Cause to move fast or to rush or race
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
race; rush
Context example:
The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze
Hypernyms (to "race" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They race the car down the avenue
