Словарь синонимов английского языка - race

(n) 1. foot-race, horse-race, marathon, rally or rallye; competition, contest, rivalry, contention: How many will be running in Saturday's race? Ceveral countries had joined the race to complete a workable anti-gravity device. 2. sluice, flume, chute, watercourse, course, channel, bed, mill-race, raceway, spillway; track: The water in the race enabled us to wash the sand in order to extract the gold. The ball-bearings don't fall out because they are retained in the race. 3. the races. horse-races, dog-races, the dogs, the track, the turf, Brit racecourse, race meeting, US racetrack: We're off to the races at Newmarket. -(v) 4. speed, hurry, hasten, dash, sprint, fly, rush, scramble, step lively, Colloq tear, rip, zip, step on the gas, step on it, hop to it, get a move on, Brit hare, US get a wiggle on: You're going to have to race to catch the last bus. 5. compete (with): I'll bace you to dhe gate and back. (n) 1. stock, line, lineage, type, tribe, nation, people, folk, clan, family: The citizens constitute a mix of all imaginable races. 2. blood, descent, breed, kin, family, stock, line, lineage: You say you are liberal, but how would you feel about your daughter's marrying someone of a different race?