re|lay

re|lay
re|lay «REE lay, rih LAY», noun, verb, -layed, -lay|ing.
–n.
1. a fresh supply: »

New relays of men were sent to fight the fire. The distances at which we got relays of horses varied greatly (Alexander W. Kinglake).

2. a) = relay race. (Cf. ↑relay race) b) one part of a relay race.
3. an electromagnetic device in which a weak current acts as a switch for a stronger current. A relay is used in transmitting telegraph or telephone messages over long distances.
4. a device that extends or reinforces the action or effect of an apparatus, such as a servomotor.
5. a group of persons taking turns in any work or activity; shift.
6. the act of passing on a ball, puck, or stick from one player to another.
–v.t.
1. to take and carry or send farther: »

Messengers will relay your message. He relays to Marx the stories that are reaching him from friends in Germany (Edmund Wilson).

2. to transmit by an electrical relay.
3. to provide or replace with a fresh supply.
–v.i.
to relay signals, a message, a ball, puck, or stick in sports, or an impulse or force of energy.
╂[< Old French relai a reserve pack of hounds or other animals < relaier exchange tired animals for fresh < re- back + laier to leave, let]
–re|lay´er, noun.
re-lay «ree LAY», transitive verb, -laid, -lay|ing.
to lay again: »

That floor must be re-laid. At the same time that more and more people were trying to drive, more and more highways were being torn up and re-laid (Harper's).

╂[< re- + lay1]

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