1. To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.
2. (Steam Mach.)
Defn: 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.
RACE
Race, v. t.
1. To cause to contend in race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.
2. To run a race with.
RACEABOUT
Race"a*bout`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
RACEMATE
Ra*ce"mate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of racemic acid.