Meaning of Relay | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A new set of hounds.
   rare
2. A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
   historical
3. A new set of anything.
   broadly
4. A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
5. A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
6. 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.
7. An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.

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Examples

“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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