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# racer

«racer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person, animal or machine that takes part in races: «a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a racer, racers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person, animal or machine that takes part in races: «a racing car driver is a racer». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/#m1)

2) A car, bike, boat or horse built or trained for racing: «a racer bike». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/#m2)

3) (US) A kind of fast snake, like the black racer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In sport and stories it names competitors in races; in everyday life it can be a toy or a bike. In science, some animals are named racers because they move fast. Phrases: «a fast racer», «a cycle racer», «racer bike», «go-kart racer».

### examples

- The racers lined up at the starting line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/#x1)
- Lewis Hamilton is a famous racing car racer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/#x2)
- My brother got a red racer bike for his birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/#x3)
- The snail was the slowest racer in our garden race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/#x4)
- The black racer is a fast, harmless snake in North America. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/#x5)
- Each racer must wear a helmet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/#x6)
- “Go,” said Fionn to a hawk-eyed man, “go to the top of this hill and watch for the coming of the racers.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/#x7)

### note

Countable: racer, racers. Related: race, racing. Careful: «racer» (someone who races) has nothing to do with «racist» or «race» meaning a group of people.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «racer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.