- relay⇄noun relayer.
- relay⇄noun 1. a fresh supply.
Ex. New relays of men were sent to fight the fire. The distances at which we got relays of horses varied greatly (Alexander W. Kinglake).
2a. relay race.
b. one part of a relay race.
3. an electromagneti - relay⇄relay, noun, verb, -layed,-laying.
- relay⇄v.i. to relay signals, a message, a ball, puck, or stick in sports, or an impulse or force of energy.
- relay⇄v.t. 1. to take and carry or send farther.
Ex. 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 re