Synonym: bang, beat, change, club, exchange, flog, lash, paddle, pummel, replace, shift, slash, spank, strap, strike, substitute, swap, thrash, trade, turn, whip. Similar words: switch on, switch off, pitch, bitch, pitcher, kitchen, come to terms with, make friends with. Meaning: [swɪtʃ] 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 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. v. 1. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence 2. exchange or give (something) in exchange for 3. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another 4. make a shift in or exchange of 5. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation 6. flog with or as if with a flexible rod 7. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).
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241. Shoot the bird to wake it up and switch to the straight-up bullets.
242. Lotus has been badly bruised by the sudden switch to Windows.
243. Clinton named a new assistant attorney general for civil rights, Deval Patrick, who persuaded the administration to switch sides.
244. He had hoped to switch from a 8. 25 percent adjustable to a 15-year fixed under 7. 5 percent.
245. Lily moved away from him and pressed the switch that plunged the room into darkness.
246. An official decision by the authorities to switch off electricity to student dormitories at 11 p.m. led to unrest on campus.
247. If they switch off and the closed-circuit figures drop, the present heady economics of it all begin to crumble.
248. A reset button may be used to cancel operation and a further pushbutton switch used to trigger the unit at any time.
249. Indeed, PageMart and PageNet last week offered incentives for EconoPage customers to switch to their paging networks.
250. I encouraged them to denounce the callow subjugation of women and switch from heels to flats.
251. Perhaps she was wondering if some one had remembered to switch the electric blanket on.
252. Fumbling for the switch, he brought the lamp off its perch.
253. Next time just stay at home and switch on the telly, clever clogs.
254. Under X Window, the user can also retrieve data from several sources simultaneously and switch between applications.
255. To switch channels, you might walk into another building on fly up into the clouds.
256. Midland has worked closely with the retailer to introduce point of sale terminals which can accept Switch cards.
257. After completing the first task, the roles will switch and the group will work with Card 2 and then Card 3.
258. Plug in the monitor, keyboard and mains power cables and switch on.
259. Her hand fell away from the switch and she took a step towards the typists' room, her head cocked.
260. Almost instinctively, people worried that so outstanding a year might tempt Helen to switch at once to the professional circuit.
261. The switch was attached to the plate and came away with it when I pulled.
262. It is therefore advisable to switch off the fountain whenever the wind is particularly strong.
263. From the rattles and clunks it's difficult to tell what's happening, but I switch on the cassette recorder in case.
264. Why don't producer nations simply switch crops and either become more self-sufficient in food, or produce a different cash crop?
265. She reached out to switch on the bedhead light and realised that the blackness of night had been replaced by grey gloom.
266. Sounds a little crazy, but it was quite a relief at the time to be able to switch my miseries around. Sentencedict.com
267. He dabbled in the long jump until the age of twenty-four and then decided to switch to the sprints.
268. And to think when Peggy was little Gran wouldn't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve.
269. The final stage of circuit board construction is to insert the integrated circuit IC1 with the identification notch next to the mercury switch.
270. Nothing is more conducive to inducing mains spikes than heavy duty switch gear.
More similar words: switch on, switch off, pitch, bitch, pitcher, kitchen, come to terms with, make friends with, catch up with, swing, swimming, in full swing, patch, Dutch, watch, catch, stretch, catches, catch on, scratch, stretch out, catch fire, watch out for, with, within, go with, do with, without, witness, down with.