Switch

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used esp. in whipping or disciplining. 1.2 an act of whipping or beating with or as with such an object; a stroke, lash, or whisking movement. 1.3 a slender growing shoot, as of a plant. 1.4 a hairpiece consisting of a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, fastened together at one end and worn by women to supplement their own hair. 1.5 Electricity . a device for turning on or off or directing an electric current or for making or breaking a circuit. 1.6 Railroads . a track structure for diverting moving trains or rolling stock from one track to another, commonly consisting of a pair of movable rails. 1.7 a turning, shifting, or changing 1.8 Bridge . a change to a suit other than the one played or bid previously. 1.9 Basketball . a maneuver in which two teammates on defense shift assignments so that each guards the opponent usually guarded by the other. 1.10 a tuft of hair at the end of the tail of some animals, as of the cow or lion. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to whip or beat with a switch or the like; lash 2.2 to move, swing, or whisk (a cane, a fishing line, etc.) with a swift, lashing stroke. 2.3 to shift or exchange 2.4 to turn, shift, or divert 2.5 Electricity . to connect, disconnect, or redirect (an electric circuit or the device it serves) by operating a switch (often fol. by off or on ) 2.6 Railroads . 2.7 Movies, Television . to shift rapidly from one camera to another in order to change camera angles or shots. 3 Verb (used without object) 3.1 to strike with or as with a switch. 3.2 to change direction or course; turn, shift, or change. 3.3 to exchange or replace something with another 3.4 to move or sway back and forth, as a cat's tail. 3.5 to be shifted, turned, etc., by means of a switch. 3.6 Basketball . to execute a switch. 3.7 Bridge . to lead a card of a suit different from the suit just led by oneself or one's partner. ? 4 Idiom 4.1 asleep at the switch, Informal . failing to perform one's duty, missing an opportunity, etc. 5 Antonyms 5.1 noun 6 Synonyms 6.1 noun 6.2 verb

Noun

a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used esp. in whipping or disciplining.

an act of whipping or beating with or as with such an object; a stroke, lash, or whisking movement.

a slender growing shoot, as of a plant.

a hairpiece consisting of a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, fastened together at one end and worn by women to supplement their own hair.

Electricity . a device for turning on or off or directing an electric current or for making or breaking a circuit.

Railroads . a track structure for diverting moving trains or rolling stock from one track to another, commonly consisting of a pair of movable rails.

a turning, shifting, or changing

a switch of votes to another candidate.

Bridge . a change to a suit other than the one played or bid previously.

Basketball . a maneuver in which two teammates on defense shift assignments so that each guards the opponent usually guarded by the other.

a tuft of hair at the end of the tail of some animals, as of the cow or lion.

Verb (used with object)

to whip or beat with a switch or the like; lash

He switched the boy with a cane.

to move, swing, or whisk (a cane, a fishing line, etc.) with a swift, lashing stroke.

to shift or exchange

The two girls switched their lunch boxes.

to turn, shift, or divert

to switch conversation from a painful subject.

Electricity . to connect, disconnect, or redirect (an electric circuit or the device it serves) by operating a switch (often fol. by off or on )

I switched on a light.

Railroads .

to move or transfer (a train, car, etc.) from one set of tracks to another.

to drop or add (cars) or to make up (a train).

Movies, Television . to shift rapidly from one camera to another in order to change camera angles or shots.

Verb (used without object)

to strike with or as with a switch.

to change direction or course; turn, shift, or change.

to exchange or replace something with another

He used to smoke this brand of cigarettes, but he switched.

to move or sway back and forth, as a cat's tail.

to be shifted, turned, etc., by means of a switch.

Basketball . to execute a switch.

Bridge . to lead a card of a suit different from the suit just led by oneself or one's partner. ?

Idiom

asleep at the switch, Informal . failing to perform one's duty, missing an opportunity, etc.

because of negligence or inattention

He lost the contract because he was asleep at the switch.

Antonyms

noun

inactivity , stagnation

Synonyms

noun

about-face , alteration , change of direction , reversal , shift , substitution , swap , transformation , commutation , exchange , interchange , trade , transposition

verb

change course , convert , deflect , deviate , divert , interchange , rearrange , replace , shift , shunt , sidetrack , substitute , swap , trade , turn , turnabout , turn aside , veer , waggle , wave , commute , exchange , change , flog , reversal , transfer , whip