relay
IPA: rˈiɫeɪ
noun
- (hunting, rare) A new set of hounds.
- (now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
- (by extension) A new set of anything.
- A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
- (athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. The most common events are 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter competitions.
- (electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
verb
- (transitive) To pass on or transfer (information).
- (obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds.
- (transitive, now rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another.
- (intransitive, now rare) To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.
- Alternative spelling of re-lay [(transitive) To lay (for example, flooring or railroad track) again.]
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Examples of "relay" in Sentences
- When was the message relayed
- The message was relayed last night.
- He asked a stranger to relay the mail.
- I will relay the facts of the fighting.
- The man relayed the message to the king.
- When the message was relayed, he was dead.
- Various truckers relay the message to New Mexico.
- Torch relay and the lighting of the flame cauldron.
- The international portion of the relay was problematic.
- The Peacemaker uses wampum to record and relay messages.
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