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Relay
Definitions
- 1 A new set of hounds. rare
- 2 the act of passing something along from one person or group to another wordnet
- 3 A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired. historical
- 4 electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit wordnet
- 5 A new set of anything. broadly
"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."
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- 6 a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance wordnet
- 7 A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
- 8 a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals wordnet
- 9 A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
- 10 a crew of workers who relieve another crew wordnet
- 11 A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.; 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.
- 12 An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
- 1 To pass on or transfer (information). transitive
"The CCTV cameras relay what's going on to the headquarters."
- 2 Alternative spelling of re-lay. alt-of, alternative
"Over this section the 16th class are allowed to haul 800 tons, compared with 600 tons only by the 13th and 14th, and 450 tons by the 12th class engines, and in this way, without any expenditure on civil engineering works or relaying with heavier rails, the introduction of the 16th class has almost doubled the line capacity."
- 3 pass along wordnet
- 4 To release a new set of hounds. intransitive, obsolete
- 5 control or operate by relay wordnet
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- 6 To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another. archaic, transitive
- 7 To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses. archaic, intransitive
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.
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 re- + lay.
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