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NGSL Rank: 1460
switch
swɪtʃ Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.
    E.g. the guard hit a switch and the gate swung open
  • an act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another.
    E.g. his friends were surprised at his switch from newspaper owner to farmer
  • a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree.
  • a set of points on a railway track.
  • a tress of false or detached hair tied at one end, used in hairdressing to supplement natural hair.
verb
  • change the position, direction, or focus of.
    E.g. the company switched the boats to other routes
  • beat or flick with or as if with a switch.

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