n.1.A small, flexible twig or rod.
Safety switch
(Railways) a form of switch contrived to prevent or lessen the danger of derailment of trains.
Switch back
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.
v. t.1.To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
[imp. & p. p. Switched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Switching.]
3.To trim, as, a hedge.
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.
5.(Eccl.) To shift to another circuit.
v. i.1.To walk with a jerk.
Noun1.switch - control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
2.Switchswitch - an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
3.switch - hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
4.switch - 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.switch - a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
6.switch - a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
7.switch - the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
Synonyms: switching, shift
Verb1.switch - change over, change around, or switch over
2.switch - exchange or give (something) in exchange for
Synonyms: swap, swop, trade
Synonyms: change, shift
4.switch - make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
Synonyms: change over, shift
Synonyms: flip, throw
6.switch - flog with or as if with a flexible rod
7.switch - reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
1.(programming)switch - switch statement.
2.(software)switch - command line option.
3.(networking)switch - packet switch, circuit switch.
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