Hypertext Webster Gateway: "switch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Switch \Switch\, n. (Elec.)
A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit,
or for making and breaking a circuit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Switch \Switch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Switched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Switching}.]
1. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
--Chapman.
2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
4. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by
a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch
off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.
5. (Eccl.) To shift to another circuit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Switch \Switch\, n. [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf.
{Swink}, {Swing}.]
1. A small, flexible twig or rod.
Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with
something like a thread; in her other hand she holds
a switch. --Addison.
2. (Railways) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails,
for transferring cars from one track to another.
3. A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at
jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
4. (Elec.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric
current to another circuit.
{Safety switch} (Railways), a form of switch contrived to
prevent or lessen the danger of derailment of trains.
{Switch back} (Railways), an arrangement of tracks whereby
elevations otherwise insurmountable are passed. The track
ascends by a series of zigzags, the engine running
alternately forward and back, until the summit is reached.
{Switch board} (Elec.), a collection of switches in one piece
of apparatus, so arranged that a number of circuits may be
connected or combined in any desired manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Switch \Switch\, v. i.
To walk with a jerk. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
switch
adj : (baseball) able to bat either right-handed or left-handed;
"a switch hitter" [syn: {switch(a)}]
n 1: control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or
electronic device for making or breaking or changing the
connections in a circuit
2: an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the
replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
[syn: {substitution}, {permutation}, {transposition}, {replacement}]
3: hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women
to give shape to a coiffure
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
5: a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
6: a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift
assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded
by the other
7: the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his
switch on abortion cost him the election" [syn: {switching},
{shift}]
v 1: change over, change around, or switch over [syn: {switch
over}, {exchange}]
2: exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: {trade},
{swap}, {swop}]
3: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a
different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists";
"The car changed lanes" [syn: {shift}, {change}]
4: make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we
switched" [syn: {change over}, {shift}]
5: cause to go on or t be engaged; set in operation; "switch on
the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: {throw}, {flip}]
6: reverse, as of direction or attitude [syn: {interchange}, {alternate},
{flip}, {flip-flop}]
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