raced

Variant of race

race definition

race (rās)

noun

  1. a competition of speed in running, skating, riding, etc.
  2. a series of such competitions for horses, cars, etc. on a regular course
  3. any contest or competition likened to a race the race for mayor, a race for power
  4. a steady onward movement or course
  5. the span of life
    1. a swift current of water
    2. the channel for a current of water, esp. one built to use the water industrially a millrace
  6. a channel or groove for the moving parts of a machine, as the groove for the balls in a ball bearing
  7. Aeron. slipstream

Etymology: ME (North) ras(e) < ON rās, a running, rush, akin to OE ræs, swift movement, attack < IE *eras-, to flow, move rapidly < base *er-, *or-, to set in motion > run, orient

intransitive verb raced, racing rac′·ing

  1. to take part in a competition of speed; run a race
  2. to go or move swiftly
  3. to move or revolve so swiftly as to be out of control, because of less resistance or a lighter load: said of machinery

transitive verb

  1. to compete with in a competition of speed
  2. to enter or run (a horse, etc.) in a race
    1. to cause to go swiftly
    2. to cause (an engine) to run at high speed with the drive gears disengaged

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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