DICTOMETER

SWITCHES

(switch, aguja, conmutar, interruptor, maniobrar el cambio de agujas, bryter, bytte, pens, pense, skifte)

1. Synonyms:
   • Switch
   • Electric switch
   • Electrical switch
   Definitions:
   • control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Substitution
   • Permutation
   • Transposition
   • Replacement
   • Switch
   Definitions:
   • an event in which one thing is substituted for another
   Examples:
   • The replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Switch
   Definitions:
   • hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair
   • used by women to give shape to a coiffure
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Switch
   Definitions:
   • 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. Synonyms:
   • Switch
   Definitions:
   • a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Switch
   Definitions:
   • a basketball maneuver
   • two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Switch
   • Switching
   • Shift
   Definitions:
   • the act of changing one thing or position for another
   Examples:
   • His switch on abortion cost him the election
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Switch over
   • Switch
   • Exchange
   Definitions:
   • change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Trade
   • Swap
   • Swop
   • Switch
   Definitions:
   • exchange or give (something) in exchange for
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Switch
   • Shift
   • Change
   Definitions:
   • lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
   Examples:
   • Switch to a different brand of beer
   • She switched psychiatrists
   • The car changed lanes
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Switch
   • Change over
   • Shift
   Definitions:
   • make a shift in or exchange of
   Examples:
   • First Joe led
   • Then we switched
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Throw
   • Flip
   • Switch
   Definitions:
   • cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
   Examples:
   • Switch on the light
   • Throw the lever
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Switch
   Definitions:
   • flog with or as if with a flexible rod
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Interchange
   • Tack
   • Switch
   • Alternate
   • Flip
   • Flip-flop
   Definitions:
   • reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)