switch
swich
- n control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
- n an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- n hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
- n railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
- n a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
- n a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
- n the act of changing one thing or position for another
his switch on abortion cost him the election - v change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- v exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- v lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
switch to a different brand of beer
She switched psychiatrists - v make a shift in or exchange of; then we switched"
- v cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
switch on the light - v flog with or as if with a flexible rod
- v reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- He still defends his decision to flip the switch "If I watch TV at home, and then go into another room, I switch the lights off in the lounge; people shouldn't expect the .
- That switch, he said, appears to be the loudest statement of disapproval Specter can make about the Republicans and not necessarily an endorsement of the Democrats.
- We also know how to get off of oil and coal and switch to efficiency and renewables that whole transition we call reinventing fire and it's going to work better and cost .