switch
noun
[ swɪtʃ ]
• a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.
• "the guard hit a switch and the gate swung open"
Similar:
button,
handle,
lever,
key,
control,
controller,
disc,
dial,
joystick,
circuit breaker,
• an act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another.
• "his friends were surprised at his switch from newspaper owner to farmer"
Similar:
change,
change of direction,
move,
shift,
transition,
transformation,
diversion,
reversal,
turnaround,
swerve,
U-turn,
rowback,
changeover,
transfer,
conversion,
substitution,
exchange,
interchange,
about-turn,
swap,
trade,
replacement,
rotation,
• 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.
switch
verb
• change the position, direction, or focus of.
• "the company switched the boats to other routes"
• beat or flick with or as if with a switch.
Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a thin tapering riding whip): probably from Low German.
