The noun race has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (249) race -- (any competition; "the race for the presidency")
2. (218) race -- (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")
3. (201) race -- (a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift")
4. (2) slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash -- (the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller)
5. (2) subspecies, race -- ((biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species)
6. raceway, race -- (a canal for a current of water)
Overview of verb race
The verb race has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (15) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along -- (step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street")
2. (3) race, run -- (compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first")
3. race -- (to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS")
4. race, rush -- (cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze")