switch
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[ verb ] change over, change around, or switch over
Synonyms Used in print (The New Republic, 145: 19...)The band should play the Rogues ' March as a processional , switching to `` Hail_Columbia , Happy_Land '' ! as the trap is sprung . (The New York Times...)He then switches back to a consideration of the seven principal Presidential hopefuls : five Democrats - Senator_Hubert_H._Humphrey , Senator_Stuart_Symington , Senator_Lyndon_B._Johnson , Adlai_E._Stevenson and Mr._Kennedy - and two Republicans - Governor_Rockefeller and Mr._Nixon . ([Anonymous,] "What You Should Know About Air...)One of the more remarkable of the new cooling_systems is one that can be switched to heating . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (electricity) control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
Synonyms Used in print (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)She went_into the living_room and turned_on three lamps , then back into the kitchen where she turned_on the ceiling light and the switch that lit the floods on the barn , illuminating the driveway . |
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[ verb ] lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
Examples "switch to a different brand of beer" "She switched psychiatrists" "The car changed lanes" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)The video signal is amplified and then switched , in synchronism with the three ultraviolet_light sources which are sequenced by the rotating mirror so that during one-twentieth of a second only one wavelength , corresponding to red , green , or blue , is seen . Because of light leakage from one ultraviolet source to another , the lights are switched by a commutator like assembly rotated by a synchronous_motor . |
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[ verb ] make a shift in or exchange of
Synonyms Examples "First Joe led then we switched" Used in print (Alfred Wright, "A Duel Golfers Will Never Forget"...)On_this_day the wind had switched 180 ` from the northwest to the southeast , and nearly every shot on the course was different from the previous few days . |
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[ noun ] an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Synonyms Examples "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Solly_Hemus announced a switch in his starting_pitcher , from Bob_Gibson to Ernie_Broglio , for several reasons : Related terms |
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[ verb ] reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
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[ noun ] (transportation) railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
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[ noun ] (sport,basketball) a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
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[ verb ] cause to go on or t be engaged; set in operation
Examples "switch on the light" "throw the lever" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology,clothing) hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
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[ adjective ] (baseball) able to bat either right-handed or left-handed
Examples "a switch hitter" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
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[ verb ] flog with or as if with a flexible rod
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[ noun ] the act of changing one thing or position for another
Examples "his switch on abortion cost him the election" Related terms |
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