Relay

Quick meaning: Relay is a noun meaning (hunting, rare) A new set of hounds.

Meaning

(hunting, rare) A new set of hounds.

More Meanings

1. (now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
2. (by extension) A new set of anything.
3. A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
4. (sports) A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
5. (electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
6. (transitive) To pass on or transfer (information).
7. (obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds.

Example Sentences

Can you relay this message to John?

The CCTV cameras relay what's going on to the headquarters.

Bank-notes fluttered down and lay about in all directions, relays of sovereigns rolled away like so much dross, […]

There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.

Word Forms

• relays
• relaying
• relayed
• relaid

Synonyms for relay

Depending on context, synonyms include convey.

Related Words

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