races

v. participate in a contest of speed (i.e. running, driving, cycling)

n. contest of speed; descent, heritage

Races may mean:the plural of Race, a genetic branch of a species (especially man)Racing, speed-based competitionthe acronym RACES, Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, a volunteer amateur radio emergency service in the United States.
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The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) is a standby FCC radio service provided for in Part 97.407 [1] of the FCC rules and regulations governing amateur radio in the United States. The concept of a standby Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service service to replace the FCC's Amateur Radio Service during wartime was developed in 1952 as result of input from the American Radio Relay League and the Department of the Army's Office of Civil Defense. During World War II, the Amateur Radio Service had been silenced and a new War Emergency Radio Service  (WERS) had to be created from scratch. The resulting standby RACES service was designed to provide a smoother transition in the event the President ever needed to silence the regular Amateur Radio Service again when invoking the War Powers Act. Ironically, despite four wars involving the United States since 1952, this has never happened.
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Noun
1. any competition; "the race for the presidency"
(hypernym) contest, competition
(hyponym) arms race
(derivation) run
2. 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"
(hypernym) group, grouping
(hyponym) color, colour, people of color, people of colour
3. a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"
(hypernym) contest, competition
(hyponym) automobile race, auto race, car race
(derivation) run
4. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
(synonym) slipstream, airstream, backwash, wash
(hypernym) flow
5. (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
(synonym) subspecies
(hypernym) taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
(classification) biology, biological science
6. a canal for a current of water
(synonym) raceway
(hypernym) canal
Verb
1. step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
(synonym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) barge, thrust ahead, push forward
2. compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
(synonym) run
(hypernym) compete, vie, contend
(hyponym) show
3. to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"
(hypernym) act, move
4. cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"
(synonym) rush
(hypernym) move, displace
(derivation) racer, race driver, automobile driver

n. race; breed; people

adj. well bred, handsome

n. race, contest of speed