race
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(verb) compete in a race, as in athletics |
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Synonyms: run |
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Related Words: boat-race, campaign, compete, contend, horse-race, run, speed skate, vie |
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(verb) cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" |
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Synonyms: rush |
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Related Words: displace, move |
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(noun) a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift" |
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Related Words: automobile race, bicycle race, boat race, burnup, car race, chariot race, competition, contest, cross country, dog racing, foot race, footrace, freestyle, horse race, potato race, relay race, relays, run, sack race, scratch race, ski race, skiing race |
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(noun) any competition; "the race for the presidency" |
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Related Words: arms race, campaign, competition, contest, political campaign |
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(noun) people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings" |
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Related Words: Amerindian race, Black race, Caucasian race, Caucasoid race, Herrenvolk, Indian race, Mongolian race, Mongoloid race, Negro race, Negroid race, Slavic people, Slavic race, White race, Yellow race, color, colour, group, grouping, master race, people of color, people of colour |
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(noun) a canal for a current of water |
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Synonyms: raceway |
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Related Words: canal |
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(noun) (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species |
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Synonyms: subspecies |
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Related Words: taxon, taxonomic group |
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(noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller |
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Synonyms: airstream, backwash, slipstream, wash |
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Related Words: flow |
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(verb) step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
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Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, rush, rush along, speed |
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Related Words: barge, buck, charge, dart, dash, flash, go, locomote, move, push forward, scoot, scud, shoot, shoot down, tear, thrust ahead, travel |
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