switch, switching, shift
(noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another; “his switch on abortion cost him the election”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
switching
present participle of switch
switching (countable and uncountable, plural switchings)
The act or process of something that switches.
Corporal punishment by use of a switch (twig or twigs).
Back-and-forth movement of an animal's tail, etc.
The transference of an investment from one fund to another.
The movement of a locomotive from one track to another.
Change from one product/service provider to another.
• Gwitchins, witchings
Source: Wiktionary
Switch"ing, a. & n.
Definition: from Switch, v. Switching engine, a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; -- called also switch engine. [U.S.]
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
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
