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WORDNET DICTIONARY
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun switch has 7 senses

• switch(n = noun.artifact) electric switch, electrical switch - control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit; Array
has particulars: commutator, cutout, ignition switch, button, push, push button, selector, selector switch, three-point switch, three-way switch, time-switch, on-off switch, on/off switch, toggle, toggle switch
is a kind of control, controller
Derived form verb switch₅

• switch(n = noun.event) permutation, replacement, substitution, transposition - an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
is a kind of fluctuation, variation
Derived forms verb switch₇, verb switch₁, verb switch₂

• switch(n = noun.artifact) Array - hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure; Array
is a kind of false hair, hairpiece, postiche

• switch(n = noun.artifact) Array - railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock; Array
is a kind of railroad, railroad track, railway

• switch(n = noun.artifact) Array - a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment; Array
has particulars: birch, birch rod, cane, ferule, ratan, rattan
is a kind of instrument of punishment
Derived form verb switch₆

• switch(n = noun.act) Array - a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other; Array
is a kind of basketball play

• switch(n = noun.act) shift, switching - the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
is a kind of change
has particulars: switcheroo
Derived forms verb switch₇, verb switch₁, verb switch₄, verb switch₃

Verb switch has 7 senses

• switch(v = verb.change) exchange, switch over - change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence; Array
is one way to change by reversal, reverse, turn
Derived forms noun switch₇, noun switch₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP

• switch(v = verb.possession) swap, swop, trade - exchange or give (something) in exchange for; Array
is one way to change, exchange, interchange
Derived forms noun switch₂, noun switching₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

• switch(v = verb.change) change, shift - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
Derived form noun switch₇
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

• switch(v = verb.change) change over, shift - make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun switch₇, noun switching₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• switch(v = verb.contact) flip, throw - cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
is one way to engage, lock, mesh, operate
Derived form noun switch₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• switch(v = verb.contact) Array - flog with or as if with a flexible rod; Array
is one way to flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip
Derived forms noun switch₅, noun switcher₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• switch(v = verb.change) alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, tack - reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action); Array
is one way to change by reversal, reverse, turn
Derived forms noun switch₇, noun switch₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

CIDE DICTIONARY

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

switch

about-face, accommodation, action, adaptation, adjustment, agency, alchemy, alteration, alternate, amelioration, anagnorisis, angle, apostacize, apostasy, apostatize, appendage, architectonics, architecture, argument, arm, assign, assimilate to, assimilation, assumption, astonishment, atmosphere, avert, background, backscratching, bandy, barter, baste, bastinado, be quits with, bear off, beat, become, becoming, belabor, belt, betterment, bine, birch, blockbuster, blow, bolt, bomb, bombshell, bough, branch, branchedness, branchiness, break, break away, bring to, buffet, burgeon, buy and sell, cane, carry over, catastrophe, catch, change, change for, change into, change of heart, change over, change sides, change-over, changeableness, characterization, chignon, club, color, communicate, commutation, commute, compensate, complication, compound for, consign, constructive change, continuity, contrivance, conversion, convert, cooperate, counterchange, cowhide, cudgel, cut, deadwood, deal, defect, defection, deflection, degeneration, degenerative change, delegation, deliver, denouement, deport, deputation, deputyship, desert, design, deterioration, development, deviate, deviation, device, difference, diffuse, direct, discontinuity, displacement, disseminate, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, divert, do business, do over, draw aside, drub, dub in, earthshaker, ease off, edge off, episode, even trade, exchange, expel, export, extradite, eye-opener, fable, fall, fall away, fall off, falling action, false hair, ferule, fitting, flagellate, flagellum, flail, flip-flop, flog, fly off, fork, frond, fustigate, gee, get back at, get even with, gimmick, give a whipping, give and take, give in exchange, give place to, give the stick, glance, glance off, go off, go over, gradual change, growth, hand, hand forward, hand on, hand over, haw, head off, horse-trade, horsewhip, imp, impart, import, improvement, incident, interchange, jib, joint, joker, kicker, knout, lace, lapse, lash, lay on, leg, limb, line, link, lobe, lobule, local color, logroll, logrolling, make, make do with, make over, make way for, melioration, member, metastasize, metathesize, mitigation, modification, modulation, mood, motif, move aside, movement, mythos, naturalization, naturalize, offer in exchange, offshoot, organ, overthrow, paddle, pandybat, pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, passage, pay back, perfuse, peripeteia, permute, pinion, pistol-whip, plan, plot, pommel, pork barrel, power of attorney, progress, pummel, put up with, qualification, quid pro quo, radical change, ramage, ramification, rat, rattan, rawhide, re-creation, re-formation, realignment, reciprocate, recognition, reconversion, reconvert, redeem, redesign, redirect, reduce to, reduction, reform, reformation, relay, remaking, render, renewal, replacement, representation, requite, reshaping, resolution, resolve into, respond, restructuring, retaliate, return, return the compliment, revelation, reversal, reverse, revival, revivification, revolution, ring in, rising action, rod, ruler, runner, sarment, scheme, scion, scourge, secede, secondary plot, sheer off, shift, shocker, shoot, shove aside, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, slant, slip, smite, spank, spear, spray, spread, sprig, sprit, sprout, spur, staggerer, startler, steer clear of, step aside, stick, stolon, story, strap, strike, stripe, structure, subject, subplot, subrogation, substitute, substitution, sucker, sudden change, supersedence, superseding, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanting, supplantment, surprisal, surprise, surprise ending, surprise package, surprise party, swap, swap horses, swapping, swinge, switch over, switch-over, tail, take in exchange, tendril, thallus, thematic development, theme, thrash, thump, thunderbolt, thunderclap, tit for tat, tone, topic, total change, trade, trade in, trade off, trade sight unseen, trading, traffic, transfer, transfer property, transform, transformation, transfuse, transit, transition, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, trounce, truck, truncheon, turn, turn aside, turn away, turn back, turn cloak, turn into, turn over, turnabout, turning into, twig, twist, twitch, upheaval, variation, variety, veer off, vicariousness, violent change, volte-face, wag, waggle, wallop, wave, whale, whip, whop, wing, worsening

ROGET THESAURUS

switch

Punishment

VB punish, chastise, chasten, castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice, cowhide, lambaste, visit upon, pay, pay out, serve out, do for, make short work of, give a lesson to, serve one right, make an example of, have a rod in pickle for, give it one, strike, deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite, slap, slap the face, smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet, thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor, lace, lace one's jacket, dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue, beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly, give a black eye, tar and feather, pelt, stone, lapidate, masthead, keelhaul, execute, bring to the block, bring to the gallows, behead, decapitate, guillotine, decollate, hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter, shoot, decimate, burn, break on the wheel, crucify, empale, impale, flay, lynch, electrocute, gas, send to the gas chamber, torture, put on, put to the rack, picket, banish, exile, transport, expel, ostracize, rusticate, drum out, dismiss, disbar, disbench, strike off the roll, unfrock, post, suffer, suffer for, suffer punishment, be flogged, be executed, suffer the ultimate penalty, be hanged, come to the gallows, mount the gallows, swing, twist in the wind, dance upon nothing, die in one's shoes, be rightly served, be electrocuted, fry, ride the lightning, face the firing squad.

Scourge

N scourge, rod, cane, stick, ratan, rattan, birch, birch rod, azote, blacksnake, bullwhack, chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok, rod in pickle, switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon, whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout, cat, cat o'nine tails, rope's end, pillory, stocks, whipping post, cucking stool, ducking stool, brank, trebuchet, trebuket, triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel, chinese water torture, treadmill, crank, galleys, scaffold, block, ax, guillotine, stake, cross, gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring, death chair, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, firing squad, mecate, house of correction, goaler, jailer, executioner, electrocutioner, lyncher, hangman, headsman, Jack Ketch.

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