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Switch

noun

1.

Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit. Synonyms: electric switch, electrical switch.

2.

An event in which one thing is substituted for another. Synonyms: permutation, replacement, substitution, transposition.

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. Synonyms: shift, switching.

verb

(past & past part. switched; pres. part. switching)

1.

Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence. Synonyms: exchange, switch over.

2.

Exchange or give (something) in exchange for. Synonyms: swap, swop, trade.

3.

Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another. Synonyms: change, shift. "She switched psychiatrists" , "The car changed lanes"

4.

Make a shift in or exchange of. Synonyms: change over, shift.

5.

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation. Synonyms: flip, throw. "Throw the lever"

6.

Flog with or as if with a flexible rod.

7.

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action). Synonyms: alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, tack.

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"Switch" Quotes from Famous Books

... up the path and into a little hall, lighted only by chance rays falling through a half-opened door. She did not switch on the current, and Grant was aware of a comfortable sense of her nearness, quite distinct from any office experience, as she took his hat. In the living-room her mother received him with visible surprise. She was not old, ...

— Dennison Grant - A Novel of To-day • Robert Stead

... Nothing of the kind. I didn't touch her. I sent her into my room, and told her to take down that little riding-switch hanging over ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 79, May, 1864 • Various

... block at the end of a spring, which presses it against D. The spring itself is attached to an insulated plate. When the revolution of D brings the wipe and contact together, current flows from the accumulator through switch S to the wipe; through the contact-piece to C; from C to M P and the induction coil; and back to the accumulator. This is the primary, or low-tension, circuit. A high-tension current is induced by the coil in the secondary circuit, indicated by dotted lines.[10] In this ...

— How it Works • Archibald Williams

... exclaimed. "How I hate this darkness! Wait till I can turn on the lights, dear friend, and then you must embrace me. It is from outside, I believe. No, do not follow. I can find the switch for myself. Remain where ...

— Peter Ruff and the Double Four • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... climbing a steep incline on the way to Grass Valley in California their special train stopped. When he asked what the trouble was he was told that they would have to wait on a switch while another train came down the single track. He was afraid he would miss the evening's performance, so he asked the engineer if he could beat the down train to the double track. On being told that there ...

— Charles Frohman: Manager and Man • Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman

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