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Definition of Switch
Switch

A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.

A small, flexible twig or rod.

A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.

To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.

To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.

To trim, as, a hedge.

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.

To shift to another circuit.

To walk with a jerk.

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Switch Quotations

I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.
Muhammad Ali

When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?
Chuck Palahniuk

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.
Alvin Ailey

Nowadays people seem to switch schools, either because they have to, and certain schools only serve certain grades, or because they move to a different place or have some particular interest, but I was in the same school for 13 years.
Steve Case

You know, sitting in the car when they got back in and - first of all, it was relief. I was not - there were two get away cars or switch cars they were called. And, you know, the group tended to include everyone.
Patty Hearst

Switch Translations

switch in Dutch is roede, gard, spitsroede, stokje
switch in French is badine, baguette, interrupteur
switch in German is umschalten, Schalter, Schalter, wechsel
switch in Italian is interruttore
switch in Norwegian is bryter
switch in Portuguese is interruptor
switch in Spanish is interruptor, conmutar


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