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1. Pass along
   "Please relay the news to the villagers"
    
2. Control or operate by relay

1. The act of passing something along from one person or group to another
   "the relay was successful"
    
2. A crew of workers who relieve another crew
    
3. A fresh team to relieve weary draft animals
    
4. A race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance
   - relay race
    
5. Electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
   - electrical relay

1. Lay again
   "she relaid the carpet"

Derived forms: relaying, relays, relaid, relayed

Type of: communicate, control, electrical device, handing over, operate, pass, pass along, pass on, passage, put across, race, shift, team

Part of: circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit

Encyclopedia: Relay, Maryland