switch

noun

  1. 1

    the act of changing one thing or position for another

    his switch on abortion cost him the election

  2. 2

    a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

  3. 3

    a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

  4. 4

    control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

  5. 5

    railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

  6. 6

    hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

  7. 7

    an event in which one thing is substituted for another

    the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

verb

  1. 1

    reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

  2. 2

    change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

  3. 3

    make a shift in or exchange of

    First Joe led; then we switched

  4. 4

    lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

    switch to a different brand of beer

    She switched psychiatrists

  5. 5

    flog with or as if with a flexible rod

Synonyms

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