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Noun switch has 7 senses
- switch, electric switch, electrical switch - control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
--1 is a kind of control, controller
--1 has particulars:
- substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch - an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
--2 is a kind of variation, fluctuation
- switch - hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
--3 is a kind of hairpiece, false hair, postiche
- switch - railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
--4 is a kind of railroad track, railroad, railway
- switch - a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
--5 is a kind of instrument of punishment
--5 has particulars: birch, birch rod; cane; ferule; rattan, ratan
- switch - a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
--6 is a kind of basketball play
- switch, switching, shift - the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
--7 is a kind of change
--7 has particulars: switcheroo
Verb switch has 7 senses
- switch over, switch, exchange - change over, change around, or switch over
--1 is one way to change by reversal, turn, reverse
Sample sentences:
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- trade, swap, swop, switch - exchange or give (something) in exchange for
--2 is one way to exchange, change, interchange
Sample sentences:
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- switch, shift, change - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
Sample sentences:
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- switch, change over, shift - make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
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- throw, flip, switch - cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
--5 is one way to engage, mesh, lock, operate
Sample sentence:
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- switch - flog with or as if with a flexible rod
--6 is one way to flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
Sample sentence:
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- interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop - reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
--7 is one way to change by reversal, turn, reverse
Sample sentences:
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