SWITCH
\swˈɪt͡ʃ], \swˈɪtʃ], \s_w_ˈɪ_tʃ]\
Definitions of SWITCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
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a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
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a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
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railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
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hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
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change over, change around, or switch over
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lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
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flog with or as if with a flexible rod
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cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
By Princeton University
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control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
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a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
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a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
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railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
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hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
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change over, change around, or switch over
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lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
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(baseball) able to bat either right-handed or left-handed; "a switch hitter"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.
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A small, flexible twig or rod.
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A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
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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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A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.
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To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
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To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
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To trim, as, a hedge.
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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.
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To shift to another circuit.
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To walk with a jerk.
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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A small, thin, flexible rod; a movable section of rail for shifting cars from one track to another; a device for making, breaking, or shifting electric circuits; a tress of false hair, used by women in hair dressing.
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To whip or lash with a thin, flexible rod; to swing or jerk; as, to switch cane; to shift to another track; shift to another circuit, as electric light.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small flexible twig: a movable rail and its appendages used for transferring a car or an entire railway train from one track to another.
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To strike with a switch: to transfer a carriage from one line of rails to another by a switch.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To whip or lash with a switch; make a lashing motion.
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To shift from one track to another, as a car.
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A small flexible rod; light whip.
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A tress of hair.
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A mechanism for shifting a railway train, an electric current, etc.
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The act of switching.
By James Champlin Fernald
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