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Race

A group of people identified as distinct from other groups because of supposed physical or genetic traits shared by the group. Most biologists and anthropologists do not recognize race as a biologically valid classification, in part because there is more genetic variation within groups than between them.

Ride

To be carried or conveyed, as in a vehicle or on horseback.

Race

A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution
The Celtic race.

Ride

(Sports) To participate in a board sport such as snowboarding.

Race

A genealogical line; a lineage.

Ride

To travel over a surface
This car rides well.
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Race

Humans considered as a group.

Ride

To move by way of an intangible force or impetus; move as if on water
The President rode into office on a tide of discontent.

Race

A usually geographically isolated population of organisms that differs from other populations of the same species in certain heritable traits
An island race of birds.

Ride

(Nautical) To lie at anchor
Battleships riding at the mouth of the estuary.

Race

A breed or strain, as of domestic animals.

Ride

To seem to float
The moon was riding among the clouds.
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Race

A distinguishing or characteristic quality, such as the flavor of a wine.

Ride

To be sustained or supported on a pivot, axle, or other point.

Race

A competition of speed, as in running or riding.

Ride

To be contingent; depend
The final outcome rides on the results of the election.

Race

Races A series of such competitions held at a specified time on a regular course
A fan of the dog races.

Ride

To continue without interference
Let the matter ride.
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Race

An extended competition in which participants struggle like runners to be the winner
The presidential race.

Ride

To work or move from the proper place, especially on the body
Pants that ride up.

Race

Steady or rapid onward movement
The race of time.

Ride

To sit on and control the movement of
Rode a motorcycle to town.
Ride a horse to the village.

Race

A strong or swift current of water.

Ride

(Sports) To glide or move while standing on or having one's feet attached to (a board, such as a snowboard).

Race

The channel of such a current.

Ride

To travel over, along, or through
Ride the highways.

Race

An artificial channel built to transport water and use its energy. Also called raceway.

Ride

To be supported or carried on
A swimmer riding the waves.

Race

A groovelike part of a machine in which a moving part slides or rolls.

Ride

To take part in or do by riding
He rode his last race.

Race

See slipstream.

Ride

To cause to ride, especially to cause to be carried
The police rode him down to the station.

Race

Of or relating to race; racial
Race relations.
Race quotas.

Ride

(Sports) To control (an opponent) in wrestling, usually by holding the opponent down.

Race

Of or relating to forms of popular entertainment made by and largely marketed to African Americans in the early 1900s
Race literature.
Race records.

Ride

(Nautical) To keep (a vessel) at anchor.

Race

(Sports) To compete in a contest of speed.

Ride

To tease or ridicule.

Race

To move rapidly or at top speed
We raced home. My heart was racing with fear.

Ride

To harass with persistent carping and criticism.

Race

To run too rapidly due to decreased resistance or unnecessary provision of fuel
Adjusted the idle to keep the engine from racing.

Ride

To keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
Don't ride the clutch or the brakes.

Race

To compete against in a race.

Ride

The act or an instance of riding, as in a vehicle or on an animal.

Race

To cause to compete in a race
She races horses for a living.

Ride

A path made for riding on horseback, especially through woodlands.

Race

To transport rapidly or at top speed; rush
Raced the injured motorist to the hospital.

Ride

A device, such as one at an amusement park, that one rides for pleasure or excitement.

Race

To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.

Ride

A means of transportation
Waiting for her ride to come.

Race

A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins
The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.
We had a race to see who could finish the book the quickest.

Ride

To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
I ride to work every day and park the bike outside the office.

Race

Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.

Ride

To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.

Race

(computing) A race condition.

Ride

To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
The cab rode him downtown.

Race

A progressive movement toward a goal.
The race to cure cancer

Ride

(intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.

Race

A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.

Ride

To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick.

Race

A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.

Ride

(transitive) To traverse by riding.

Race

Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.

Ride

(transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
How many races have you ridden this year?

Race

The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.

Ride

(intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
A horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.

Race

A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:

Ride

To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.

Race

A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage compare ethnic group. See Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race.

Ride

To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).

Race

A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
Race was a significant issue during apartheid in South Africa.
The Native Americans colonized the New World in several waves from Asia, and thus they are considered part of the same Mongoloid race.

Ride

(intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.

Race

A large group of sentient beings distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage compare species, subspecies.
A treaty was concluded between the race of elves and the race of men.

Ride

(intransitive) To rely, depend (on).

Race

A group or category distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
The advent of the Internet has brought about a new race of entrepreneur.
Recent developments in artificial intelligence have brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision.

Ride

(intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).

Race

(biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.

Ride

(lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.

Race

(zoology) Subspecies.

Ride

To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.

Race

(animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.

Ride

(surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.

Race

An infraspecific rank, a pathotype, pathovar, etc.

Ride

To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
Vocal riding

Race

(obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.

Ride

(music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.

Race

(obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.

Ride

An instance of riding.
Can I have a ride on your bike?
We took the horses for an early-morning ride in the woods.
Go for a quick ride

Race

Ancestry.

Ride

(informal) A vehicle.
That's a nice ride; what did it cost?
Pimp my ride

Race

A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.

Ride

An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
The kids went on all the rides

Race

(intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
The drivers were racing around the track.

Ride

A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
Can you give me a ride home?

Race

(transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).
I raced him to the car, but he was there first, so he got to ride shotgun.

Ride

(UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.

Race

(intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door.
Her heart was racing as she peered into the dimly lit room.

Ride

A saddle horse.

Race

To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.

Ride

(Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.

Race

To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.

Ride

(music) In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.

Race

To raze.

Ride

A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
That story was a ride from start to finish.

Race

To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.

Ride

(slang) An act of sexual intercourse
I gave my boyfriend a ride before breakfast.

Race

To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea.

Ride

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
To-morrow, when ye riden by the way.
Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him.

Race

To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.

Ride

To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants.

Race

To run a race with.

Ride

To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.

Race

A root.

Ride

To be supported in motion; to rest.
Strong as the exletreeOn which heaven rides.
On whose foolish honestyMy practices ride easy!

Race

The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.
The whole race of mankind.
Whence the long race of Alban fathers come.

Ride

To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.

Race

Company; herd; breed.
For do but note a wild and wanton herd,Or race of youthful and unhandled colts,Fetching mad bounds.

Ride

To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
"Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning.

Race

A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed.

Ride

To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the airIn whirlwind.

Race

Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack.
Is it [the wine] of the right race ?

Ride

To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers.

Race

Hence, characteristic quality or disposition.
And now I give my sensual race the rein.
Some . . . great race of fancy or judgment.

Ride

To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
Tue only men that safe can rideMine errands on the Scottish side.

Race

A progress; a course; a movement or progression.

Ride

To overlap (each other); - said of bones or fractured fragments.

Race

Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts.

Ride

The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.

Race

Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races.
The race is not to the swift.
I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race.

Ride

A saddle horse.

Race

Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
My race of glory run, and race of shame.

Ride

A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.

Race

A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.

Ride

A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;
He took the family for a drive in his new car

Race

The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.

Ride

A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement

Race

A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.

Ride

Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions;
She never sat a horse!
Did you ever ride a camel?
The girl liked to drive the young mare

Race

Any competition;
The race for the presidency

Ride

Be carried or travel on or in a vehicle;
I ride to work in a bus
He rides the subway downtown every day

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

Ride

Continue undisturbed and without interference;
Let it ride

Race

A contest of speed;
The race is to the swift

Ride

Move like a floating object;
The moon rode high in the night sky

Race

The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Ride

Harass with persistent criticism or carping;
The children teased the new teacher
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie

Race

(biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

Ride

Be sustained or supported or borne;
His glasses rode high on his nose
The child rode on his mother's hips
She rode a wave of popularity
The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name

Race

A canal for a current of water

Ride

Have certain properties when driven;
This car rides smoothly
My new truck drives well

Race

Step on it;
He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
The cars raced down the street

Ride

Be contingent on;
The outcomes rides on the results of the electin
Your grade will depends on your homework

Race

Compete in a race;
He is running the Marathon this year
Let's race and see who gets there first

Ride

Lie moored or anchored;
Ship rides at anchor

Race

To work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others;
We are racing to find a cure for AIDS

Ride

Sit on and control a vehicle;
He rides his bicycle to work every day
She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town

Race

Cause to move fast or to rush or race;
The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze

Ride

Climb up on the body;
Shorts that ride up
This skirt keeps riding up my legs

Ride

Ride over, along, or through;
Travel the highways of America
Ride the freeways of California

Ride

Keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot;
Don't ride the clutch!

Ride

Copulate with;
The bull was riding the cow

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