n.
1.any competition
2.people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
3.a contest of speed
4.the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
5.(biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species
6.a canal for a current of water race v.
1.step on it
2.compete in a race
3.to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
4.cause to move fast or to rush or race
Idiom of the Day
make an example of (someone)
to punish someone as a warning to others
The teacher punished the student in order to make an example of him for the other students.