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race

noun
  1. a canal for a current of water
    raceway
  2. a contest of speed
    “the race is to the swift”
  3. any competition
    “the race for the presidency”
  4. 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”
  5. (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species
    subspecies
  6. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
    wash
verb
  1. compete in a race
    run
  2. move fast
    speed
  3. cause to move fast or to rush or race
    “The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze”
    rush
  4. to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others