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Definition or meaning of the English word Race
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family; tribe; people; or nation; believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed. (n.). To run a race with. (v. t.). To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as; to race horses. (v. t.). Competitive action of any kind; especially when prolonged; hence; career; course of life. (n.). To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as; the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port. (v. i.). Company; herd; breed. (n.). Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way; as in running; riding; driving; skating; rowing; sailing; in the plural; usually; a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as; he attended the races. (n.). To run too fast at times; as a marine engine or screw; when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea. (v. i.). A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth; as in a loom; sewing machine; etc. (n.). The current of water that turns a water wheel; or the channel in which it flows; a mill race. (n.). Esp.; swift progress; rapid course; a running. (n.). A progress; a course; a movement or progression. (n.). Hence; characteristic quality or disposition. (n.). Peculiar flavor; taste; or strength; as of wine; that quality; or assemblage of qualities; which indicates origin or kind; as in wine; hence; characteristic flavor; smack. (n.). A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed. (n.). A strong or rapid current of water; or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea; sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as; the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney. (n.).
Translations for the English word Race
French Translation for the English word Race is course[Noun] Spanish Translation for the English word Race is (ethnicity, etc.) la raza [Noun] German Translation for the English word Race is Rasse, die[Noun] Portuguese Translation for the English word Race is corrida Italian Translation for the English word Race is corsa
Race Related Proverbs
Slow but steady wins the race. - The meaning of this proverb is Consistent, effective effort leads to success. This is the moral of one of Aesop’s fables, “The Tortoise and the Hare.”
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