re-lay
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of re-lay
Example Sentences
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The club said the process will result in "positive improvements", but also admitted the need to re-lay the square.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
If it’s fixing the surface we’ll re-lay it, if it’s new we build from the foundations up.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2018
To re-create the feeling of the landscape, Woods must re-lay the bricks of every street—hence his indignation, when reviews of his translations praise the author’s prose as if it were not his as well.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 3, 2016
You learned to clean and re-lay the dirty, coal-heated, gas-fired boiler.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2014
"One doesn't re-lay a road by making a deep hole in it."
From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Ian Hay
The track has proved much more reliable than last year, when it had just been re-laid to host an F1 race for the first time since 2011 and was too slippery.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
Back-rower CJ Stander starts the match at No. 8 for Ireland and he spoke of the terrain’s inconsistency, particularly in the way the surface was re-laid.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2019
Today, the house is getting new roofs, and the centuries-old paving stones are being re-laid in the courtyard.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2018
She cleaned and re-laid my palette for me and turned out to be the perfect painter's assistant, also recce-ing for new subjects while I was painting.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2015
As reconstructed, this brick was taken up and re-laid on a 4-inch thick slab of concrete which had been poured on a base of 4 inches of crushed stone covered by polyethylene film.
From The Fairfax County Courthouse by Ross De Witt Netherton
Whereas each pothole patch costs about £73 on average, re-laying that same area as part of a planned maintenance programme – in which a road is resurfaced – was about £50, Percy said.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
"It's really disappointing that they are missing and we hope someone will come forward to confirm they are in safe hands for re-laying as part of the master plan for the area."
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2023
Outside the Guardian’s office on Deansgate, one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, workmen are re-laying the pavement, as demolition experts ready the neighbouring building for the wrecking ball.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2017
Three of Roberto's colleagues were on their knees re-laying a few square metres.
From BBC ● May 23, 2013
Belew, who had spent most of the game in the press box re-laying offensive signals to Caines over the headset, moved down to the sidelines in the waning moments of the game, clearly beside himself.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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