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switch

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Synonyms: witch, stitch, slitch, twitch, swatch, swith, snitch, sitch, skitch, swich, smitch

Antonyms: witch, stitch, slitch, twitch, swatch, swith, snitch, sitch, skitch, swich, smitch

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q5320}} A [[device]] to turn [[electric]] [[current]] [[turn on|on]] and [[turn off|off]] or direct its [[flow]].
  2. A [[change]] or [[exchange]].
  3. {{lb|en|rail transport|US|Philippines}} A movable section of [[railroad]] [[track]] which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) [[points]].
  4. A long, slender woody plant stem or a flexible, thin rod used as a [[whip]] to administer [[corporal punishment]] in the United States.
  5. {{lb|en|musical instruments}} {{synonym of|en|rute}}.
  6. {{lb|en|computer science}} A [[CLI|command line]] notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
  7. {{lb|en|computing|programming}} A [[programming]] [[construct]] that takes different actions depending on the [[value]] of an [[expression]].
  8. {{lb|en|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.
  9. {{lb|en|telecommunication}} A system of specialized [[relay]]s, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
  10. {{lb|en|genetics}} A mechanism within [[DNA]] that activates or deactivates a [[gene]].
  11. {{lb|en|especially|BDSM}} One who is [[willing]] to take either a [[submissive]] or a [[dominant]] [[role]] in a [[sexual]] [[relationship]].
  12. {{lb|en|historical}} 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

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[exchange]].
  2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To change (something) to the specified [[state]] using a switch.
  3. {{lb|en|transitive|in modern times Southern US}} To [[whip]] or [[hit]] with a switch.
  4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[change]] [[place]]s, [[task]]s, etc.
  5. {{lb|en|slang|intransitive}} To get [[angry]] [[suddenly]]; to [[quickly]] or [[unreasonably]] become [[enraged]].
  6. To swing or whisk.
  7. To be swung or whisked.
  8. To [[trim]].
  9. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with ''off'', ''from'', etc.
  10. {{lb|en|ecclesiastical}} To shift to another [[circuit]].
  11. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[take on]] the opposite role ([[leader]] vs. [[follower]]) in a [[partner dance]].
  12. {{lb|en|sports|transitive}} To move (the ball or equivalent) from one side of the playing area to the other.

Adjective

  1. {{lb|en|snowboarding}} Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.<ref> BBC Sport, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26141070 "Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe"], 11 February 2014 </ref>
  2. {{lb|en|freestyle|_|skiing}} Pertaining to skiing backwards.

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