relay

Meaning

Noun

1. A new set of hounds.
2. A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
3. A new set of anything.
4. A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
5. A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
6. A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
7. An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.

Verb

1. To pass on or transfer (information).
2. (obsolete) To release a new set of hounds.
3. To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another.
4. To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.

Verb

Alternative spelling of re-lay

Concepts

relay

broadcast

resend

transmit

dismiss

send back

relay race

decline

disallow

disavow

refuse

repulse

shun

spurn

withhold

reject

chase away

drive away

expel

repel

change

transmission

pass on

discard

dispose

dump

rebut

refute

repress

throw away

send on

chase

condemn

disagree

disapprove

disapprove of

emboss

look askance at

rebuke

tool

turn

hook-up

relief

shift

replacement

electrical relay

replace

convey

repeating

rebroadcast

hook up

throw up

vomit

adjourn

cite

defer

delay

discharge

fire

oust

postpone

procrastinate

put off

reflect

remove

retrench

sack

shelve

blend

invert

mingle

mix

return

reverse

revolve

shuffle

turn around

turn round

whirl

agency

brokerage

intermediary

alternation

substitution

disseminate

radio

send out

team race

send

changing

team

relieving

rediffusion

reserve

communicate

depute

devolve

make over

settle on

transfer

retransmission

translation

trunking

servo

chopper

commutator

consignment

despatch

dispatch

shipment

care a hang

message

sign

tidings

carrier

carry on

stand in for

substitute

supersede

electronic relay

exchange

retell

repeater

circulate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹiːleɪ/

Etymology

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.