switch, switching, shift
(noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another; “his switch on abortion cost him the election”
switch
(noun) a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
switch
(noun) a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
switch, electric switch, electrical switch
(noun) control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
switch
(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
switch
(noun) hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch
(noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another; “the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood”
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
(verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
switch, change over, shift
(verb) make a shift in or exchange of; “First Joe led; then we switched”
switch, shift, change
(verb) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; “switch to a different brand of beer”; “She switched psychiatrists”; “The car changed lanes”
switch
(verb) flog with or as if with a flexible rod
throw, flip, switch
(verb) cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; “switch on the light”; “throw the lever”
trade, swap, swop, switch
(verb) exchange or give (something) in exchange for
Source: WordNet® 3.1
switch (plural switches)
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
A change or exchange.
(rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
(musical instruments) synonym of rute.
(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
(computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
(telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
(genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
(historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
• (section of railroad track): (UK) points
• (whip): crop
• (command-line notation): flag, option, specifier
• analogue switch
• digital switch
• dipswitch
• disconnect switch
• float switch
• footswitch
• key switch
• knife switch
• limit switch
• mercury tilt switch
• microswitch
• network switch
• pressure switch
• railway switch
• reed switch
• reversing switch
• sail switch
• telecommunications switch
• touch switch
• vandal resistant switch
• wireless light switch
• centrifugal switch
• company switch
• double pole, double throw switch
• man's switch
• fireman's switch
• hall-effect switch
• inertial switch
• isolator switch
• kill switch
• light switch
• latching switch
• load control switch
• membrane switch
• piezo switch
• pull switch
• push switch
• sense switch
• slotted optical switch
• stepping switch
• thermal switch
• three-way switch
• four-way switch
• time switch
• transfer switch
• wall-mounted switch
• zero speed switch
switch (third-person singular simple present switches, present participle switching, simple past and past participle switched)
(transitive) To exchange.
(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
(transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.
(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
(slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
To swing or whisk.
To be swung or whisked.
To trim.
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
• (to exchange): interchange, swap; See also switch
switch (not comparable)
(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
(freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards.
(snowboarding)
• goofy
• regular
Switch (plural Switches)
(video games) Short for Nintendo Switch.
Source: Wiktionary
Switch, n. Etym: [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf. Swink, Swing.]
1. A small, flexible twig or rod. Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch. Addison.
2. (Railways)
Definition: A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
3. A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
4. (Eccl.)
Definition: A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit. 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.
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.
2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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.)
Definition: To shift to another circuit.
Switch, v. i.
Definition: To walk with a jerk. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
