switch

Noun

• the act of changing one thing or position for another
  • his switch on abortion cost him the election
    

• a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

• a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

• railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

• hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

• an event in which one thing is substituted for another
  • the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
    

• control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

Verb

• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

• flog with or as if with a flexible rod

• cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
  • switch on the light
    
  • throw the lever
    

• make a shift in or exchange of; then we switched"
  • First Joe led
    

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
  • switch to a different brand of beer
    
  • She switched psychiatrists
    
  • The car changed lanes
    

• exchange or give (something) in exchange for

• change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

Related words

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