Relay Definition

rēlā

relayed, relaying, relays

noun

relays

An act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another.

American Heritage

Any of the legs, or laps, of a relay race.

Webster's New World

A division of a relay race.

American Heritage

Webster's New World

A crew of workers relieving others at work; shift.

Webster's New World

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verb

relayed, relaying, relays

To convey by relays.

Webster's New World

To convey as if by relays; receive and pass on (a message, news, etc.)

Webster's New World

To supply or replace with a relay or relays.

Webster's New World

To control, operate, or send on by a relay.

Webster's New World

(now rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over form another. [from 18th c.]

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Relay

Singular:

relay

Plural:

From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds"), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh"); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind"), from re- + laier (“to leave"), of uncertain origin.

From Wiktionary
Middle English relai fresh team of dogs for a hunt from Old French from relaier to relay re- re- laier to leave (of Germanic origin leip- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
re- +"Ž lay

From Wiktionary