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Quick definitions from WordNet (switch)

▸ noun:  the act of changing one thing or position for another ("His switch on abortion cost him the election")
▸ noun:  a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
▸ noun:  a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
▸ noun:  control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
▸ noun:  railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
▸ noun:  hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
▸ noun:  an event in which one thing is substituted for another
▸ verb:  make a shift in or exchange of ("Then we switched")
▸ verb:  lay aside, abandon, or leave for another ("Switch to a different brand of beer")
▸ verb:  flog with or as if with a flexible rod
▸ verb:  change over, change around, or switch over
▸ verb:  reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
▸ verb:  cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation ("Switch on the light")
▸ verb:  exchange or give (something) in exchange for

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