Thesaurus: switch

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1. n. A small, flexible twig or rod.
2. n. A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
3. n. A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
4. n. A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.
5. v. t. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
6. v. t. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
7. v. t. To trim, as, a hedge.
8. v. t. 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.
9. v. t. To shift to another circuit.
10. v. i. To walk with a jerk.
11. n. control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
12. n. an event in which one thing is substituted for another