• 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
• control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
• 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"
• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
• change over, change around, or Switch over
• make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we Switched"
• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "Switch to a different brand of beer"; "She Switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
• 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"
• exchange or give (something) in exchange for

'Switch' in other languages