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Switch   /swɪtʃ/   Listen
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



... that his muscles seem taut, avoid forcing the idea you want him to accept, for his mind is opposing it strongly just then. Perhaps he has a persistent thought of his own, at variance with yours. Either give him a chance to express his idea in words, so you can dispose of it, or switch him away from it by changing the trend of the conversation. When you perceive that his muscles are normally relaxed, you may safely return to the postponed point. You will encounter lessened mental resistance. Very likely ...
— Certain Success • Norval A. Hawkins
... the greatest precautions for the safety of their trains in the mountain sections. Besides the usual working gangs, there are special track-walkers, and 'safety switch-openers,' who lead solitary lives in the ...
— Chatterbox, 1906 • Various
... got to give old S.F. credit for one thing. Did you see the way he tried to switch the laugh over on to us, and me with his trusty check right here in my hand? I never would have thought it, but he is certainly one awful ...
— Ma Pettengill • Harry Leon Wilson
... to talk to me in this fashion!" roared the former teacher. "I'll teach you a lesson! Just wait till I find a good switch!" ...
— The Rover Boys In The Mountains • Arthur M. Winfield
... maids then crowded about them and said: "Punica is so young and inexperienced! You must not bear her any ill-will! To-morrow she shall go to you switch in ...
— The Chinese Fairy Book • Various


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