switch

1 of 2

noun

ˈswich

plural switches

: a slender flexible whip, rod, or twig

a riding switch

: an act of switching: such as

: a blow with a switch

: a shift from one to another

: a change from the usual

that outfit is a switch

: a tuft of long hairs at the end of the tail of an animal (such as a cow) see cow illustration

: a device made usually of two movable rails and necessary connections and designed to turn a locomotive or train from one track to another

: a device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit

: a software icon that is used to select between one of usually two available states

Tap Edit and then toggle the switch next to each supported service to the appropriate setting.

Jason Cipriani

Other features … include: … A software switch that lets you change the side button's function to be either volume mute or orientation lock.

Matt Rosoff

: a heavy strand of hair used in addition to a person's own hair for some coiffures

switch

2 of 2

verb

switched; switching; switches

transitive verb

: to strike or beat with or as if with a switch

: whisk, lash

a cat switching its tail

a(1)

: to turn from one railroad track to another : shunt

(2)

: to move (cars) to different positions on the same track within terminal areas

: to make a shift in or exchange of

switch seats

: to shift to another electrical circuit by means of a switch

b(1)

: to operate an electrical switch so as to turn (a device) on or off

—usually used with on or off

(2)

: to change to or from an active state

—usually used with on or off

switched on the gene

intransitive verb

: to lash from side to side

: to make a shift or exchange

switchable

ˈswi-chə-bəl How to pronounce switch (audio)

adjective

switcher noun

Example Sentences

Noun She flicked a switch and turned the lamp on. He threw the switch to stop the machine. Verb I switched to a new doctor. He kept switching back and forth between topics. She switched back to her original insurance company. We switched over to a different telephone service. Why did you switch jobs? See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The torment doesn’t end for her when the credits start, because there is no switch off.

Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 So, this full fash-un moment is quite the switch from poolside hottie to party-hopping honey.

Seventeen, 19 Aug. 2022 The other reason that might have happened is the switch toward a pool of people who are currently essential.

Stevan Popov, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 Salav Professional Series Dual-Bar Garment Steamer When evaluating the Salav Professional Series Dual-Bar Garment Steamer, our tester appreciated that there was an on/off switch that could be operated with their foot, as well as a retractable cord.

Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2022 Oil and gas production is not a light-switch that can be turned on and off as needed with no cost.

The Editors, National Review, 23 June 2022 But there was a huge switch in the general public’s interest in viruses and immunity once the pandemic hit.

Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2022 The endorsement, announced Thursday, by SEIU Florida, is a big switch from the big union.

Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2022 With a set of dedicated bookshelf speakers, the only obstacle to listening to your new records is an on switch, no Bluetooth pairing required.

Tim Barribeau, WSJ, 17 May 2022

Verb

Uber is trying to slash its carbon footprint by incentivizing its drivers to switch to EVs.

CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022 The city's water problems prompted school officials to temporarily switch from in-person classes to remote learning.

Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 Breed is up for reelection in November 2023, or a year later if voters decide to switch to even-year elections.

Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2022 Congestion pricing is expected to encourage more drivers to switch to mass transit.

Ana Ley, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022 Etherum is expected to switch this month to a different mining mechanism that uses 99% less energy, though no such plans are in place for Bitcoin.

Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 As the afternoon wore on without any reassurance from Buckingham Palace, however, the network decided to switch to a rolling news broadcast at 5pm.

K.j. Yossman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022 This three-piece nozzle set has settings that are clearly labeled and are easy to switch from one to another; each one screwed onto the hoses quite easily as well.

Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022 Additionally, over 20 states as well as Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico have set goals to switch to entirely clean energy.

Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022 See More

Kids Definition

switch 1 of 2

noun

ˈswich

: a device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit

: a change from one thing to another

a switch in plans

: a narrow flexible whip, rod, or twig

: an act of switching

: a device for adjusting the rails of a track so that a train or streetcar may be turned from one track to another

switch

2 of 2

verb

switched; switching

: to turn, shift, or change by operating a device that makes, breaks, or changes the connections in an electrical circuit

Remember to switch off the light.

: to move quickly from side to side

The cow was switching its tail.

: to make a shift or change

He switched to a new barber.

: to strike with or as if with a whip, rod, or twig

switching

verb

present participle of switch

as in swapping

to give up (something) and take something else in return switched the real grapes for fake ones switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

swapping
exchanging
changing
trading
substituting
shifting
replacing
commuting
interchanging
superseding
displacing
reciprocating
yielding
ceding
surrendering
handing over

as in flicking

to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud

Synonyms & Similar Words

flicking
flapping
swinging
swishing
twitching
jerking
bobbing
oscillating
swaying
waving
wagging
rocking
waggling
wavering
flickering
fluttering
shaking
whipping
flopping
lashing
flailing
wiggling
jolting
jigging
beating
jogging
nodding
jiggling
joggling

as in hiding

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible switched the stagecoach horses to control the direction they took

Synonyms & Similar Words

hiding
whipping
flicking
slashing
cutting
hitting
knocking
slapping
lashing
punching
flailing
thrashing
licking
tanning
flogging
swiping
banging
clipping
flagellating
spanking
smacking
strapping
whacking
rawhiding
whaling
batting
cowhiding
leathering
pounding
horsewhipping
scourging
mauling
beating
birching
boxing
thumping
clapping
swatting
quirting
knouting
cracking
bashing
mangling
socking
clubbing
clobbering
hammering
lamming
slugging
cudgeling
pasting
bopping
pelting
touching up
caning
pummeling
thwacking
smiting
blackjacking
busting
slating
battering
clouting
paddling
fustigating
lathering
lambasting
bunging
belting
cuffing
working over
slogging
roughing
bludgeoning
cudgelling
basting
buffeting
pommelling
walloping
fibbing
pommeling
whopping
whapping
tromping
lacing
pummelling
pistol-whipping
drubbing
belaboring
threshing
whupping

as in reversing

to change (as an opinion) to the contrary a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues

Synonyms & Similar Words

reversing
overturning
revoking
reverting
abrogating
rescinding
annulling
striking down
countermanding
repealing
backtracking
about-facing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

supporting
maintaining
upholding

as in licking

to strike repeatedly the loose rigging switched the mast during the storm

Synonyms & Similar Words

licking
hiding
doing
attacking
knocking
whipping
hitting
lashing
pounding
beating
slamming
slapping
punching
chopping
smashing
pelting
battering
bashing
thumping
raiding
assaulting
batting
hammering
swiping
spanking
pummeling
whacking
slating
thrashing
boxing
smacking
lambasting
lathering
mauling
flogging
paddling
tanning
clubbing
storming
belting
currying
punching out
slogging
working over
pommelling
bludgeoning
rushing
buffeting
basting
pommeling
fibbing
whapping
cracking
tromping
pummelling
walloping
beating up on
whopping
whaling
lacing
drubbing
belaboring
clobbering
strapping
pasting
socking
bunging up
lamming
threshing
swatting
assailing
birching
wounding
whupping
busting
mangling
cuffing
thwacking
laying on
whamming
clouting
besetting
flagellating
messing (up)
cudgeling
roughing (up)
blackjacking
fustigating
whomping
rawhiding
cudgelling
mutilating
cowhiding
lacerating
leathering
descending (on or upon)
caning
goring
scourging
jumping (on)
maiming
pistol-whipping
pouncing (on or upon)
horsewhipping

单词	switching
释义	switch 1 of 2 noun ˈswich plural switches 1 : a slender flexible whip, rod, or twig a riding switch 2 : an act of switching: such as a : a blow with a switch b : a shift from one to another c : a change from the usual that outfit is a switch 3 : a tuft of long hairs at the end of the tail of an animal (such as a cow) see cow illustration 4 : a device made usually of two movable rails and necessary connections and designed to turn a locomotive or train from one track to another 5 a : a device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit b : a software icon that is used to select between one of usually two available states Tap Edit and then toggle the switch next to each supported service to the appropriate setting. Jason Cipriani Other features … include: … A software switch that lets you change the side button's function to be either volume mute or orientation lock. Matt Rosoff 6 : a heavy strand of hair used in addition to a person's own hair for some coiffures switch 2 of 2 verb switched; switching; switches transitive verb 1 : to strike or beat with or as if with a switch 2 : whisk, lash a cat switching its tail 3 a(1) : to turn from one railroad track to another : shunt (2) : to move (cars) to different positions on the same track within terminal areas b : to make a shift in or exchange of switch seats 4 a : to shift to another electrical circuit by means of a switch b(1) : to operate an electrical switch so as to turn (a device) on or off —usually used with on or off (2) : to change to or from an active state —usually used with on or off switched on the gene intransitive verb 1 : to lash from side to side 2 : to make a shift or exchange switchable ˈswi-chə-bəl adjective switcher noun Synonyms Noun flogger lash scourge whip Verb change commute exchange shift substitute swap trade See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun She flicked a switch and turned the lamp on. He threw the switch to stop the machine. Verb I switched to a new doctor. He kept switching back and forth between topics. She switched back to her original insurance company. We switched over to a different telephone service. Why did you switch jobs? See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun The torment doesn’t end for her when the credits start, because there is no switch off. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 So, this full fash-un moment is quite the switch from poolside hottie to party-hopping honey. Seventeen, 19 Aug. 2022 The other reason that might have happened is the switch toward a pool of people who are currently essential. Stevan Popov, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 Salav Professional Series Dual-Bar Garment Steamer When evaluating the Salav Professional Series Dual-Bar Garment Steamer, our tester appreciated that there was an on/off switch that could be operated with their foot, as well as a retractable cord. Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2022 Oil and gas production is not a light-switch that can be turned on and off as needed with no cost. The Editors, National Review, 23 June 2022 But there was a huge switch in the general public’s interest in viruses and immunity once the pandemic hit. Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2022 The endorsement, announced Thursday, by SEIU Florida, is a big switch from the big union. Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2022 With a set of dedicated bookshelf speakers, the only obstacle to listening to your new records is an on switch, no Bluetooth pairing required. Tim Barribeau, WSJ, 17 May 2022 Verb Uber is trying to slash its carbon footprint by incentivizing its drivers to switch to EVs. CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022 The city's water problems prompted school officials to temporarily switch from in-person classes to remote learning. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 Breed is up for reelection in November 2023, or a year later if voters decide to switch to even-year elections. Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2022 Congestion pricing is expected to encourage more drivers to switch to mass transit. Ana Ley, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022 Etherum is expected to switch this month to a different mining mechanism that uses 99% less energy, though no such plans are in place for Bitcoin. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 As the afternoon wore on without any reassurance from Buckingham Palace, however, the network decided to switch to a rolling news broadcast at 5pm. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022 This three-piece nozzle set has settings that are clearly labeled and are easy to switch from one to another; each one screwed onto the hoses quite easily as well. Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022 Additionally, over 20 states as well as Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico have set goals to switch to entirely clean energy. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch twig First Known Use Noun 1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb circa 1611, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Phrases Containing switch dip switch switch engine switch-hit switch on switch-hitter toggle switch time switch that's a switch bait and switch switch off dimmer switch switch knife switch (shifts) with (someone) See More dip switch switch engine switch-hit switch on switch-hitter toggle switch time switch that's a switch bait and switch switch off dimmer switch switch knife switch (shifts) with (someone) See More Kids Definition switch 1 of 2 noun ˈswich 1 : a device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit 2 : a change from one thing to another a switch in plans 3 : a narrow flexible whip, rod, or twig 4 : an act of switching 5 : a device for adjusting the rails of a track so that a train or streetcar may be turned from one track to another switch 2 of 2 verb switched; switching 1 : to turn, shift, or change by operating a device that makes, breaks, or changes the connections in an electrical circuit Remember to switch off the light. 2 : to move quickly from side to side The cow was switching its tail. 3 : to make a shift or change He switched to a new barber. 4 : to strike with or as if with a whip, rod, or twig switching verb present participle of switch 1 as in swapping to give up (something) and take something else in return switched the real grapes for fake ones switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance swapping exchanging changing trading substituting shifting replacing commuting interchanging superseding displacing reciprocating yielding ceding surrendering handing over 2 as in flicking to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud Synonyms & Similar Words flicking flapping swinging swishing twitching jerking bobbing oscillating swaying waving wagging rocking waggling wavering flickering fluttering shaking whipping flopping lashing flailing wiggling jolting jigging beating jogging nodding jiggling joggling 3 as in hiding to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible switched the stagecoach horses to control the direction they took Synonyms & Similar Words hiding whipping flicking slashing cutting hitting knocking slapping lashing punching flailing thrashing licking tanning flogging swiping banging clipping flagellating spanking smacking strapping whacking rawhiding whaling batting cowhiding leathering pounding horsewhipping scourging mauling beating birching boxing thumping clapping swatting quirting knouting cracking bashing mangling socking clubbing clobbering hammering lamming slugging cudgeling pasting bopping pelting touching up caning pummeling thwacking smiting blackjacking busting slating battering clouting paddling fustigating lathering lambasting bunging belting cuffing working over slogging roughing bludgeoning cudgelling basting buffeting pommelling walloping fibbing pommeling whopping whapping tromping lacing pummelling pistol-whipping drubbing belaboring threshing whupping 4 as in reversing to change (as an opinion) to the contrary a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues Synonyms & Similar Words reversing overturning revoking reverting abrogating rescinding annulling striking down countermanding repealing backtracking about-facing Antonyms & Near Antonyms supporting maintaining upholding 5 as in licking to strike repeatedly the loose rigging switched the mast during the storm Synonyms & Similar Words licking hiding doing attacking knocking whipping hitting lashing pounding beating slamming slapping punching chopping smashing pelting battering bashing thumping raiding assaulting batting hammering swiping spanking pummeling whacking slating thrashing boxing smacking lambasting lathering mauling flogging paddling tanning clubbing storming belting currying punching out slogging working over pommelling bludgeoning rushing buffeting basting pommeling fibbing whapping cracking tromping pummelling walloping beating up on whopping whaling lacing drubbing belaboring clobbering strapping pasting socking bunging up lamming threshing swatting assailing birching wounding whupping busting mangling cuffing thwacking laying on whamming clouting besetting flagellating messing (up) cudgeling roughing (up) blackjacking fustigating whomping rawhiding cudgelling mutilating cowhiding lacerating leathering descending (on or upon) caning goring scourging jumping (on) maiming pistol-whipping pouncing (on or upon) horsewhipping
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switch

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