relay¹ /ri-lāˈ, also rēˈlā or rē-lāˈ/

1. Orig a supply of horses, etc to relieve others on a journey
2. A fresh set of dogs in hunting (archaic)
3. A station for either of these
4. A relieving shift of men
5. A supplementary store of anything
6. A relay race, or one of its stages
7. An electrically-operated switch employed to effect changes in an independent circuit
8. Any device by which a weak electric current or other small power is used to control a strong one
9. A relayed programme, or act or fact of relaying it

1. To place in, relieve, control, supply or transmit by relay
2. To rebroadcast (a programme received from another station or source)

1. To obtain a relay
2. To operate a relay

relay race noun

A race between teams, each person running part of the total distance

relay² /rē-lāˈ/

To lay again

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