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English to English noun
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control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |  | source: wordnet30
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an event in which one thing is substituted for another | | Example: the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
source: wordnet30
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hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure | | source: wordnet30
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railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock | | source: wordnet30
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a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment | | source: wordnet30
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a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other | | source: wordnet30
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the act of changing one thing or position for another | | Example: his switch on abortion cost him the election
source: wordnet30
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A small, flexible twig or rod. | | source: webster1913
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A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit. | | source: webster1913 verb
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change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence | | source: wordnet30
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exchange or give (something) in exchange for | | source: wordnet30
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lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | | Example: switch to a different brand of beer
She switched psychiatrists
The car changed lanes
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make a shift in or exchange of | | Example: First Joe led; then we switched
source: wordnet30
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cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation | | Example: switch on the light
throw the lever
source: wordnet30
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flog with or as if with a flexible rod | | source: wordnet30
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reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | | source: wordnet30
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To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip. | | source: webster1913
| 18 |
To walk with a jerk. | | source: webster1913
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