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First attested in c. 1592." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow." }, { "mean": "A change or exchange.\n2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC‎:Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Template:Nicklas Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post." }, { "mean": "(rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points." }, { "mean": "A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.\n1953, James Baldwin, “Florence's Prayer”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN:Their mother would walk out into the yard and cut a switch from a tree and beat him—beat him, it seemed to Florence, until any other boy would have fallen down dead; \n2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15:\n\"A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage..\"" }, { "mean": "(music) Synonym of rute." }, { "mean": "(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.\nUse the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing." }, { "mean": "(computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.\n2004, \"Curt\", Can I use IF statements, and still use switches? (on newsgroup microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields)" }, { "mean": "(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire." }, { "mean": "(telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line." }, { "mean": "(genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene." }, { "mean": "(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.\n2012, Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)\nIdeally, if one of your ladies happens to be a switch (or would be willing to switch for this scene), I would love to be able to inflict a little \"revenge tickling\" as well, as part of a scenario." }, { "mean": "(historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women." }, { "mean": "(card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive) To exchange.\n2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):A “moving platform” scheme is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.\nI want to switch this red dress for a green one." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.\nSwitch the light on." }, { "mean": "(transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.\n1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part II:They were looking on the ground, absorbed in thought. The manager was switching his leg with a slender twig: his sagacious relative lifted his head." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.\nI want to switch to a different seat." }, { "mean": "(slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged." }, { "mean": "To swing or whisk.\nto switch a cane" }, { "mean": "To be swung or whisked.\nThe angry cat's tail switched back and forth." }, { "mean": "To trim.\n1811, Walter Nicol, The Planters Kalendar:Switch and clip thorn and other deciduous hedges." }, { "mean": "To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.\nto switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another" }, { "mean": "(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.\n2023 February 18 (last accessed) “Heather Lombardi”, in The Dancing Fools‎:Feel free to ask her to follow, lead, or switch!" } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position." }, { "mean": "(freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards." } ] }, { "name": "See_also", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "switch off\nswitch on" } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "switch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \n switch (corporal punishment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "참고_참고", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "추가_판독", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }