switch in English dictionary

  • switch

    Meanings and definitions of "switch"

    • A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
    • A change.
    • (rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.
    • A slender woody plant stem used as a whip.
    • (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.
    • (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
    • (telecommunications) 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.
    • (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.
    • (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.
    • adjective
      (snowboarding)
      riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position. BBC Sport, "Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014
    • noun
      A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
    • noun
      A change.
    • noun
      (rail transport, US)
      A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.
    • noun
      A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
    • noun
      (computer science)
      A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
    • noun
      (computing, programming)
      A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
    • noun
      (computing, networking)
      A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
    • noun
      (telecommunications)
      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.
    • noun
      (BDSM)
      One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.
    • noun
      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.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To exchange.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To whip or hit with a switch.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To change places, tasks, etc.
    • verb
      (slang, intransitive)
      To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
    • verb
      To swing or whisk.
    • verb
      To be swung or whisked.
    • verb
      To trim.
    • verb
      To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
    • verb
      (ecclesiastical)
      To shift to another circuit.
    • A circuit element that has two states, on and off.
    • sidestep (an issue)
    • To give something in return for something received.
    • Device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow
    • movable section of railroad track
    • Thin rod used as a whip
    • Command line notation
    • System which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line
    • To exchange
    • To change (something) to the specified state using a switch
    • To hit with a switch ( rod )
    • (railroad) switch
    • To change places / tasks
    • noun
      an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
    • noun
      a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
    • noun
      a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
    • noun
      control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
    • noun
      hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
    • 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
    • noun
      the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
    • verb
      cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
    • verb
      change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
    • verb
      exchange or give (something) in exchange for
    • verb
      flog with or as if with a flexible rod
    • verb
      lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
    • verb
      make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
    • verb
      reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

    Synonyms of "switch" in English dictionary

    control, lather, modify are the top synonyms of "switch" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of switch

    • lm  liczba mnoga switches switch, ~ed, ~ed; he ~es; be ~ing
    • A light switch. switch ( plural  switches)
    • switch ( third-person singular simple present switches, present participle switching, simple past and past participle switched)
    • switch (not comparable)
    • switch (plural switches)
    • switch (third-person singular simple present switches, present participle switching, simple past and past participle switched)
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    Meanings and definitions of "switch"

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