The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RACE
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What does RACE mean?
RACE noun- 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.
- 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.
- To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- To compete against in such a race.
- To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
- Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
- A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
- A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.
- A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).
- 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.
- Characteristic quality or disposition.
- To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
- A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
- To demolish; to level to the ground.
- To scrape as if with a razor.