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–noun

1.	Chiefly British. a passage or channel for water, as a millrace.

2.	a racetrack on which harness races are held.

3.	Electricity. a channel for protecting and holding electrical wires and cables, esp. a metal rectangular tube used for such purposes.

4.	Machinery. race¹ (def. 11).

[Origin: 1820–30; race¹ + way¹

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n.

Sports
1. A competition of speed, as in running or riding.
2. races A series of such competitions held at a specified time on a regular course: a fan of the dog races.
3. A strong or swift current of water.
4. The channel of such a current.
5. An artificial channel built to transport water and use its energy. Also called raceway.
An extended competition in which participants struggle like runners to be the winner: the presidential race.
Steady or rapid onward movement: the race of time.
1. A strong or swift current of water.
2. The channel of such a current.
3. An artificial channel built to transport water and use its energy. Also called raceway.
A groovelike part of a machine in which a moving part slides or rolls.
See slipstream.

v. raced, rac·ing, rac·es

v. intr.

Sports To compete in a contest of speed.
To move rapidly or at top speed: We raced home. My heart was racing with fear.
To run too rapidly due to decreased resistance or unnecessary provision of fuel: adjusted the idle to keep the engine from racing.

v. tr.

Sports
1. To compete against in a race.
2. To cause to compete in a race: She races horses for a living.
To transport rapidly or at top speed; rush: raced the injured motorist to the hospital.
To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.