switch
1. control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit (Freq. 4) • Syn: electric switch, electrical switch • Hypernyms: control, controller • Hyponyms: commutator, cutout, ignition switch, push button, push, button, selector, selector switch, three-way switch, three-point switch, time-switch, toggle switch, toggle, on-off switch, on/off switch 2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another (Freq. 1) - the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood • Syn: substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement • Derivationally related forms: replace (for: replacement), substitute (for: substitution) • Hypernyms: variation, fluctuation 3. hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure • Hypernyms: hairpiece, false hair, postiche 4. railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock • Hypernyms: railroad track, railroad, railway 5. a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment • Hypernyms: instrument of punishment • Hyponyms: birch, birch rod, cane, ferule, rattan, ratan 6. a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other • Hypernyms: basketball play 7. the act of changing one thing or position for another - his switch on abortion cost him the election • Syn: switching, shift • Derivationally related forms: shift (for: shift), switch (for: switching) • Hypernyms: change • Hyponyms: switcheroo
1. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence (Freq. 5) • Syn: switch over, exchange • Derivationally related forms: exchange (for: exchange) • Hypernyms: change by reversal, turn, reverse • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something PP - Somebody ----s PP 2. exchange or give (something) in exchange for (Freq. 3) • Syn: trade, swap, swop • Derivationally related forms: switching, swop (for: swop), swap (for: swap), trade (for: trade) • Hypernyms: exchange, change, interchange • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s something PP 3. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another (Freq. 2) - switch to a different brand of beer - She switched psychiatrists - The car changed lanes • Syn: shift, change • Derivationally related forms: shift (for: shift) • Hyponyms: transition, shift, break, surf, channel-surf, leap, jump, diphthongize, diphthongise, cut • Verb Group: change, exchange, commute, convert • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody 4. make a shift in or exchange of (Freq. 1) - First Joe led; then we switched • Syn: change over, shift • Derivationally related forms: shift (for: shift), switching • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Hyponyms: back, veer • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 5. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation - switch on the light - throw the lever • Syn: throw, flip • Hypernyms: engage, mesh, lock, operate • Hyponyms: switch on, turn on, switch off, cut, turn off, turn out • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 6. flog with or as if with a flexible rod • Derivationally related forms: switcher • Hypernyms: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody 7. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) • Syn: interchange, tack, alternate, flip, flip-flop • Derivationally related forms: flip-flop (for: flip-flop), tack (for: tack) • Hypernyms: change by reversal, turn, reverse • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s something
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