'Switch' definitions:
Definition of 'switch'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
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]
noun
Hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
noun
Railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
noun
A flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
noun
A basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
noun
The act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" [syn: switch, switching, shift]
verb
Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence [syn: switch over, switch, exchange]
verb
verb
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]
verb
Make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" [syn: switch, change over, shift]
verb
Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: throw, flip, switch]
verb
Flog with or as if with a flexible rod
verb
Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip- flop]
Definition of 'Switch'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Switch'
From: GCIDE
- Switch \Switch\, n. [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf. Swink, Swing.]
- 1. A small, flexible twig or rod. [1913 Webster]
- Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Railways) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Switch'
From: GCIDE
- Switch \Switch\, v. i. To walk with a jerk. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'switch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- action,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- agency,
- alchemy,
- alteration,
- alternate,
- amelioration,
- anagnorisis,
- angle,
- apostacize,
- apostasy,
- apostatize,
- appendage,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- argument,
- arm,
- assign,
- assimilate to,
- assimilation,
- assumption,
- astonishment,
- atmosphere,
- avert,
- background,
- backscratching,
- bandy,
- barter,
- baste,
- bastinado,
- be quits with,
- bear off,
- beat,
- become,
- becoming,
- belabor,
- belt,
- betterment,
- bine,
- birch,
- blockbuster,
- blow,
- bolt,
- bomb,
- bombshell,
- bough,
- branch,
- branchedness,
- branchiness,
- break,
- break away,
- bring to,
- buffet,
- burgeon,
- buy and sell,
- cane,
- carry over,
- catastrophe,
- catch,
- change,
- change for,
- change into,
- change of heart,
- change over,
- change sides,
- change-over,
- changeableness,
- characterization,
- chignon,
- club,
- color,
- communicate,
- commutation,
- commute,
- compensate,
- complication,
- compound for,
- consign,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- contrivance,
- conversion,
- convert,
- cooperate,
- counterchange,
- cowhide,
- cudgel,
- cut,
- deadwood,
- deal,
- defect,
- defection,
- deflection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- delegation,
- deliver,
- denouement,
- deport,
- deputation,
- deputyship,
- desert,
- design,
- deterioration,
- development,
- deviate,
- deviation,
- device,
- difference,
- diffuse,
- direct,
- discontinuity,
- displacement,
- disseminate,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- divert,
- do business,
- do over,
- draw aside,
- drub,
- dub in,
- earthshaker,
- ease off,
- edge off,
- episode,
- even trade,
- exchange,
- expel,
- export,
- extradite,
- eye-opener,
- fable,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- falling action,
- false hair,
- ferule,
- fitting,
- flagellate,
- flagellum,
- flail,
- flip-flop,
- flog,
- fly off,
- fork,
- frond,
- fustigate,
- gee,
- get back at,
- get even with,
- gimmick,
- give a whipping,
- give and take,
- give in exchange,
- give place to,
- give the stick,
- glance,
- glance off,
- go off,
- go over,
- gradual change,
- growth,
- hand,
- hand forward,
- hand on,
- hand over,
- haw,
- head off,
- horse-trade,
- horsewhip,
- imp,
- impart,
- import,
- improvement,
- incident,
- interchange,
- jib,
- joint,
- joker,
- kicker,
- knout,
- lace,
- lapse,
- lash,
- lay on,
- leg,
- limb,
- line,
- link,
- lobe,
- lobule,
- local color,
- logroll,
- logrolling,
- make,
- make do with,
- make over,
- make way for,
- melioration,
- member,
- metastasize,
- metathesize,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- mood,
- motif,
- move aside,
- movement,
- mythos,
- naturalization,
- naturalize,
- offer in exchange,
- offshoot,
- organ,
- overthrow,
- paddle,
- pandybat,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- pass the buck,
- passage,
- pay back,
- perfuse,
- peripeteia,
- permute,
- pinion,
- pistol-whip,
- plan,
- plot,
- pommel,
- pork barrel,
- power of attorney,
- progress,
- pummel,
- put up with,
- qualification,
- quid pro quo,
- radical change,
- ramage,
- ramification,
- rat,
- rattan,
- rawhide,
- re-creation,
- re-formation,
- realignment,
- reciprocate,
- recognition,
- reconversion,
- reconvert,
- redeem,
- redesign,
- redirect,
- reduce to,
- reduction,
- reform,
- reformation,
- relay,
- remaking,
- render,
- renewal,
- replacement,
- representation,
- requite,
- reshaping,
- resolution,
- resolve into,
- respond,
- restructuring,
- retaliate,
- return,
- return the compliment,
- revelation,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- ring in,
- rising action,
- rod,
- ruler,
- runner,
- sarment,
- scheme,
- scion,
- scourge,
- secede,
- secondary plot,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shocker,
- shoot,
- shove aside,
- shunt,
- shy,
- shy off,
- side,
- sidestep,
- sidetrack,
- sidle,
- slant,
- slip,
- smite,
- spank,
- spear,
- spray,
- spread,
- sprig,
- sprit,
- sprout,
- spur,
- staggerer,
- startler,
- steer clear of,
- step aside,
- stick,
- stolon,
- story,
- strap,
- strike,
- stripe,
- structure,
- subject,
- subplot,
- subrogation,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- sucker,
- sudden change,
- supersedence,
- superseding,
- supersedure,
- supersession,
- supplantation,
- supplanting,
- supplantment,
- surprisal,
- surprise,
- surprise ending,
- surprise package,
- surprise party,
- swap,
- swap horses,
- swapping,
- swinge,
- switch over,
- switch-over,
- tail,
- take in exchange,
- tendril,
- thallus,
- thematic development,
- theme,
- thrash,
- thump,
- thunderbolt,
- thunderclap,
- tit for tat,
- tone,
- topic,
- total change,
- trade,
- trade in,
- trade off,
- trade sight unseen,
- trading,
- traffic,
- transfer,
- transfer property,
- transform,
- transformation,
- transfuse,
- transit,
- transition,
- translate,
- translocate,
- transmit,
- transplace,
- transplant,
- transpose,
- trounce,
- truck,
- truncheon,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- turn cloak,
- turn into,
- turn over,
- turnabout,
- turning into,
- twig,
- twist,
- twitch,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- veer off,
- vicariousness,
- violent change,
- volte-face,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wallop,
- wave,
- whale,
- whip,
- whop,
- wing,
- worsening
Words containing 'Switch'
- Switched,
- Switching,
- switch off,
- switch on,
- switch over,
- Knife switch,
- Lyons Switch,
- Point switch,
- Safety switch,
- Split switch,
- Switch back,
- Switch board,
- Switch grass,
- Switching engine,
- Toggle switch,
- Underload switch,
- bait and switch,
- dip switch,
- electric switch,
- electrical switch,
- ignition switch,
- on-off switch,
- on/off switch,
- selector switch,
- switch cane,
- switch engine,
- Lyons Switch, OK,
- Switching power supply,
- switch-hit,
- switch-hitter,
- switch-ivy,
- time-switch,
- dual inline package switch,
- three-point switch,
- three-way switch