Main entry: switch, switching, shift
Definition: the act of changing one thing or position for another
Usage: his switch on abortion cost him the election
Main entry: switch
Definition: a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
Main entry: switch
Definition: a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
Main entry: switch, electric switch, electrical switch
Definition: control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
Main entry: switch
Definition: railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
Main entry: switch
Definition: hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
Main entry: transposition, substitution, switch, replacement, permutation
Definition: an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Usage: the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
Main entry: alternate, switch, tack, interchange, flip, flip-flop
Definition: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Main entry: switch, switch over, exchange
Definition: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
Main entry: change over, shift, switch
Definition: make a shift in or exchange of
Usage: First Joe led; then we switched
Main entry: switch, change, shift
Definition: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
Usage: switch to a different brand of beer; She switched psychiatrists; The car changed lanes
Main entry: switch
Definition: flog with or as if with a flexible rod
Main entry: throw, switch, flip
Definition: cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
Usage: switch on the light; throw the lever
Main entry: trade, switch, swop, swap
Definition: exchange or give (something) in exchange for