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race
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?s, IPA(key): /?e?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English race, from Old Norse rás (“a running, race”), from Proto-Germanic *r?s? (“a course”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh?s- (“to flow, rush”). Akin to Old English r?s (“a race, swift or violent running, rush, onset”), Middle Low German râs (“a strong current”), Dutch ras (“a strong whirling current”). Compare Danish ræs, Norwegian and Swedish ras, Norwegian rås.
Noun
race (countable and uncountable, plural races)
- 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
- Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
- (computing) A race condition.
- A progressive movement toward a goal.
- A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
- A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
- Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
- The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
race (third-person singular simple present races, present participle racing, simple past and past participle raced)
- (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- (transitive) To compete against in such a race.
- (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
- (intransitive) Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
- 1891 (December) Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man with the Twisted Lip:
- "My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built."
- 1891 (December) Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man with the Twisted Lip:
Translations
Etymology 2
1560s, via Middle French race from Italian razza (early 14th century), of uncertain origin.
Noun
race (countable and uncountable, plural races)
- A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
- 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.
- 1838, Lincoln, Abraham, Young Men's Lyceum address
- We toiled not in the acquirement or establishment of them—they are a legacy bequeathed us, by a once hardy, brave, and patriotic, but now lamented and departed race of ancestors.
- 1895 November 11, Chamberlain, Joseph, Speech given to the Imperial Institute:
- I believe that the British race is the greatest of the governing races that the world has ever seen.
- 1913, Martin Van Buren Knox, The religious life of the Anglo-Saxon race
- 1838, Lincoln, Abraham, Young Men's Lyceum address
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
- A large group of sentient beings distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare species, subspecies).
- 1898, Herman Isidore Stern, The gods of our fathers: a study of Saxon mythology, page 15)
- There are two distinct races of gods known to Norse mythology[.]
- 1898, Herman Isidore Stern, The gods of our fathers: a study of Saxon mythology, page 15)
- A group or category distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
- 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.
- (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
- (zoology) Subspecies.
- (animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- (mycology, bacteriology, informal) An infraspecific rank, a pathotype, pathovar, etc.
- (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.
- (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
Synonyms
- subspecies
- breed
- variety
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
race (third-person singular simple present races, present participle racing, simple past and past participle raced)
- To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
- 1996, Philosophical Studies in Education, page 151:
- To be raced as black in the U.S. translates symbolically into being considered inferior to whites, lazy, immoral, boisterous, violent, and sexually promiscuous.
- 2006, Athena D. Mutua, Progressive Black Masculinities?, Routledge (?ISBN), page 30:
- From this perspective, the project of progressive blackness entails the edification of black people and the elimination of all forms of domination that limit this edification for all those raced as black.
- 2008, George Yancy, Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race, Rowman & Littlefield (?ISBN), page 46:
- By avoiding being raced as white, whites are able to maintain the illusion that they have always been individuals, that they have always accomplished their achievements through merit alone.
- 2020 March 24, Sophie Lewis, The coronavirus crisis shows it's time to abolish the family:
- [T]he private family qua mode of social reproduction still, frankly, sucks. It genders, nationalizes and races us. It norms us for productive work.
- 1996, Philosophical Studies in Education, page 151:
Etymology 3
From Middle French [Term?], from Latin radix.
Noun
race (plural races)
- A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III, line 45.
- I must have saffron to color the warden pies; mace; dates, none -- that's out of my note; nutmegs, seven; a race or two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pounds of prunes, and as many of raisins o' th' sun.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III, line 45.
Translations
Etymology 4
Verb
race (third-person singular simple present races, present participle racing, simple past and past participle raced)
- Obsolete form of raze.
References
- race at OneLook Dictionary Search
- race in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- race in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Diez, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der romanischen Sprachen, "Razza."
Anagrams
- -care, Acre, CERA, Care, Cera, Crea, acer, acre, care, e-car
Danish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French race, from Italian razza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [????s?]
Noun
race c (singular definite racen, plural indefinite racer)
- race (subdivision of species)
- breed
Inflection
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English race.
Alternative forms
- ræs
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [???js], [????s]
Noun
race n (singular definite racet, plural indefinite race)
- a race (a contest where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective)
- a rush
Inflection
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English race.
Alternative forms
- ræse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [????s?]
Verb
race (imperative race, infinitive at race, present tense racer, past tense racede, perfect tense er/har racet)
- to race (to compete in a race, a contest where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective)
- to rush
Further reading
- race on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?s/
- Hyphenation: race
- Rhymes: -e?s
- Homophone: rees
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English race.
Noun
race m (plural races, diminutive raceje n)
- A speed contest, a race.
- Synonym: wedloop
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
race
- first-person singular present indicative of racen
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of racen
- imperative of racen
French
Etymology
As Middle French rasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from ca. 1480,spelling Middle French race recorded in 1549, from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?as/
- Rhymes: -as
Noun
race f (plural races)
- race (classification)
- kind
- Synonym: espèce
- (zoology) breed
Related terms
Descendants
- ? German: Rasse
- ? Czech: rasa
- ? Polish: rasa
- ? Serbo-Croatian: rasa
- ? Slovene: rasa
- ? Romanian: ras?
References
- “race” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “race” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- acre, âcre, care, caré, créa, racé
Middle French
Etymology
16th century (spelling rasse from 1480), from Italian razza (early 14th century), of uncertain origin.
Noun
race f (plural races)
- race; breed
Descendants
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra.t?s?/
Noun
race f
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of raca
Swedish
Etymology
From English race.
Noun
race n
- race (competition)
Declension
Derived terms
- köra sitt eget race
References
- race in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- race in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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spin
English
Etymology
From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnan?. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Verb
spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past and past participle spun or span)
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- I spun myself around a few times.
- Spin the ball on the floor.
- She spun around and gave him a big smile.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- They spin the cotton into thread.
- To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To move swiftly.
- to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- Blood spins from a vein.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)
- However, for the past six years he has been spinning his novel blend of progressive house and trance music and is finally on the brink of becoming the next luminary DJ.
- 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)
- (intransitive) To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- (Britain, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- 2013, Nick Oldham, Psycho Alley
- But then again, unless someone struck lucky in those first few hours, there weren't even enough detectives to spin a drum [house].
- 2013, Nick Oldham, Psycho Alley
Synonyms
- (give something a favorable appearance): whitewash, sugarcoat, put lipstick on, gild, blandish, dress up
Hypernyms
- revolve
- rotate
- turn
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- turn around
Noun
spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins)
- Rapid circular motion.
- The car went into a spin.
- The skaters demonstrated their spins.
- He put some spin on the cue ball.
- (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.
- The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
- Synonym: propaganda
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
- She left him alone, and went to get Annie a spin of toffee.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
- A single play of a record by a radio station.
- 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)
- Although the Loveless title showed the smallest increase in airplay in the top 10, its number of detections outpaced the nearest bulleted title by more than 350 spins.
- 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)
- (Britain, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- 2002, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary
- Mr Weedon explains that this is a cell search - known by prisoners as a spin - and for obvious reasons it has to be carried out without any warning.
- 2002, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary
- (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.
- 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [2]
- Some years ago, when I was a slim young spin, I came out to India to live with my brother Tom […]
- 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [2]
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (nautical) Short for spinnaker.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PINs, PSNI, nips, pins, snip
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
- Hyphenation: spin
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spinne.
Noun
spin f (plural spinnen, diminutive spinnetje n)
- spider, member of the order Araneae
Derived terms
- kruisspin
- spinnekop
- spinnendoder
- spinnenweb
- vogelspin
- wolfsspin
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) particle spin
Derived terms
- kernspin
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (uncountable)
- political spin, media spin
Derived terms
- spindoctor
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
spin
- first-person singular present indicative of spinnen
- imperative of spinnen
Faroese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spi?n/
Noun
spin n (genitive singular spins, uncountable)
- sperm
Declension
Synonyms
- spina
Anagrams
- nisp
- pins
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Alternative forms
- spinni
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spin/, [?s?pin]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: spin
Noun
spin
- (physics) spin
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) spin
Derived terms
- spineur
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin sp?nus.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- thorn bush
Related terms
- spine
Garo
Etymology
Cognate with Kokborok siping (“sesame”).
Noun
spin
- sesame
Hungarian
Etymology
From English spin.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
spin (plural spinek)
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)
Declension
References
Middle English
Noun
spin
- Alternative form of spyne
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?in/
Etymology 1
From English spin.
Noun
spin m inan
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) spinowy
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
spin f
- genitive plural of spina
Further reading
- spin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- spin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum of subatomic particles)
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin sp?nus, from sp?na, from Proto-Italic *spein?, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). Compare Aromanian schin
Noun
spin m (plural spini)
- thorn
Declension
Synonyms
- ghimpe, aculeu
Related terms
- spinos
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
Noun
spin (plural spins)
- (South Scots) Alternative form of spuin
Spanish
Alternative forms
- espín
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?pin/, [es?p?n]
Noun
spin m (plural spines)
- spin (clarification of this definition is needed)
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
spin c (plural spinnen, diminutive spintsje)
- spider
Further reading
- “spin”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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