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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
switch
n 1: control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or
electronic device for making or breaking or changing the
connections in a circuit [syn: switch, electric switch,
electrical switch]
2: an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the
replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
[syn: substitution, permutation, transposition,
replacement, switch]
3: hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women
to give shape to a coiffure
4: railroad track having two movable rails and necessary
connections; used to turn a train from one track to another
or to store rolling stock
5: a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
6: a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift
assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by
the other
7: the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his
switch on abortion cost him the election" [syn: switch,
switching, shift]
v 1: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
[syn: switch over, switch, exchange]
2: exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: trade,
swap, swop, switch]
3: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a
different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The
car changed lanes" [syn: switch, shift, change]
4: make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we
switched" [syn: switch, change over, shift]
5: cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch
on the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: throw, flip,
switch]
6: flog with or as if with a flexible rod
7: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn:
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-
flop]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Switch \Switch\, n. [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf.
Swink, Swing.]
1. A small, flexible twig or rod.
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Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with
something like a thread; in her other hand she holds
a switch. --Addison.
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2. (Railways) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails,
for transferring cars from one track to another.
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3. A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at
jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
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4. (Elec.) A device for shifting an electric current to
another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Safety switch (Railways), a form of switch contrived to
prevent or lessen the danger of derailment of trains.
Switch back (Railways), an arrangement of tracks whereby
elevations otherwise insurmountable are passed. The track
ascends by a series of zigzags, the engine running
alternately forward and back, until the summit is reached.
Switch board (Elec.), a collection of switches in one piece
of apparatus, so arranged that a number of circuits may be
connected or combined in any desired manner.
Switch grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Switch \Switch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Switched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Switching.]
1. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
--Chapman.
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2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
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3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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4. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by
a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch
off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Eccl.) To shift to another circuit.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Switch \Switch\, v. i.
To walk with a jerk. [Prov. Eng.]
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
switch
1. switch statement.
2. command line option.
3. packet switch, circuit switch.
(1999-01-14)
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Thesaurus Results for switch:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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