raced

3 definitions • 7 examples

past simple and past participle of

to (cause to) compete in a race:

He has been racing for over ten years.

race (against) I used to race (against) him when we were boys.

He's racing three of his dogs on Saturday.

to move or go fast:

He raced down the street.

race someone to something The ambulance raced (= quickly took) the injured to a nearby hospital.

race by The summer seems to have raced by (= passed very quickly).

He raced the car engine (= made it work faster than it needed to) as he sat impatiently at the traffic lights.