RELAY
Dictionary entry overview: What does relay mean?
• RELAY (noun)
The noun RELAY has 4 senses:
1. the act of passing something along from one person or group to another
2. a crew of workers who relieve another crew
3. a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals
4. electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
Familiarity information: RELAY used as a noun is uncommon.
• RELAY (verb)
The verb RELAY has 2 senses:
1. pass along
2. control or operate by relay
Familiarity information: RELAY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RELAY (noun)
Meaning:
The act of passing something along from one person or group to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the relay was successful
Hypernyms ("relay" is a kind of...):
handing over; passage (the act of passing something to another person)
Meaning:
A crew of workers who relieve another crew
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("relay" is a kind of...):
shift (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)
Meaning:
A fresh team to relieve weary draft animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("relay" is a kind of...):
team (two or more draft animals that work together to pull something)
Meaning:
Electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
electrical relay; relay
Hypernyms ("relay" is a kind of...):
electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)
Meronyms (parts of "relay"):
electromagnet (a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet)
Holonyms ("relay" is a part of...):
circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)
• RELAY (verb)
Meaning:
Pass along
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
Please relay the news to the villagers
Hypernyms (to "relay" is one way to...):
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They relay them the information
They relay the information to them
Meaning:
Control or operate by relay
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "relay" is one way to...):
control; operate (handle and cause to function)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
