switches

Noun

• control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
• an event in which one thing is substituted for another
• hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
• railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
• a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
• a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
• the act of changing one thing or position for another
• plural of switch

Verb

• change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
• exchange or give (something) in exchange for
• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
• make a shift in or exchange of
• cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
• flog with or as if with a flexible rod
• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
• third-person singular simple present indicative of switch

Synonyms

alternate, change, change over, electric switch, electrical switch, exchange, flip, flip-flop, interchange, permutation, replacement, shift, substitution, swap, switch, switch over, switching, swop, tack, throw, trade, transposition