switch
noun
- 1
the act of changing one thing or position for another
his switch on abortion cost him the election
- 2
a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
- 3
a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
- 4
control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
- 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
hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
- 7
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
verb
- 1
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- 2
change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- 3
make a shift in or exchange of
First Joe led; then we switched
- 4
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
switch to a different brand of beer
She switched psychiatrists
- 5
flog with or as if with a flexible rod
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