switch | Amarkosh

Meaning of word switch from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

switch noun

Meaning : Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit.

Synonyms : electric switch, electrical switch

Meaning : An event in which one thing is substituted for another.

Example : The replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood.

Synonyms : permutation, replacement, substitution, transposition

Meaning : Hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair. Used by women to give shape to a coiffure.

Meaning : Railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections. Used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock.

Meaning : A flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment.

Meaning : A basketball maneuver. Two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other.

Meaning : The act of changing one thing or position for another.

Example : His switch on abortion cost him the election.

Synonyms : shift, switching

switch verb

Meaning : Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence.

Synonyms : exchange, switch over

Meaning : Exchange or give (something) in exchange for.

Synonyms : swap, swop, trade

Meaning : Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.

Example : Switch to a different brand of beer.
She switched psychiatrists.
The car changed lanes.

Synonyms : change, shift

Meaning : Make a shift in or exchange of.

Example : First Joe led; then we switched.

Synonyms : change over, shift

Meaning : Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation.

Example : Switch on the light.
Throw the lever.

Synonyms : flip, throw

Meaning : Flog with or as if with a flexible rod.

Meaning : Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).

Synonyms : alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, tack

Install App

चौपाल

चर्चित शब्द

pragmatical (adjective)
Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

assertion (noun)
A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).

facelift (noun)
Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face. An incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised.

millet (noun)
Any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.

step to the fore (verb)
Make oneself visible. Take action.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.