"re-lay" meaning in All languages combined

See re-lay on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌɹiːˈleɪ/ [UK], /ˌɹiˈleɪ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-re-lay.wav Forms: re-lays [present, singular, third-person], re-laying [participle, present], re-laid [participle, past], re-laid [past]
Rhymes: -iːleɪ Etymology: From re- + lay. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|lay}} re- + lay Head templates: {{en-verb|re-lays|re-laying|re-laid}} re-lay (third-person singular simple present re-lays, present participle re-laying, simple past and past participle re-laid)
  1. (transitive) To lay (for example, flooring or railroad track) again. Tags: transitive Synonyms: relay Translations (to lay again): herleggen (Dutch), remeti (Esperanto), remettre (French), endurleggja (Icelandic), ricollocare (Italian), rimettere (Italian), reponer (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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