Your Daily Word Prompt – #Switch – #YDWordPrompt November 16, 2020

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Today’s Word:  Switch

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Switch

[ swich ]

noun

• a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
• an act of whipping or beating with or as with such an object; a stroke, lash, or whisking movement.

• a slender growing shoot, as of a plant.
• a hairpiece consisting of a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, fastened together at one end and worn by women to supplement their own hair.
• Electricity. a device for turning on or off or directing an electric current or for making or breaking a circuit.
• Railroads. a track structure for diverting moving trains or rolling stock from one track to another, commonly consisting of a pair of movable rails.
• a turning, shifting, or changing:a switch of votes to another candidate.
• Bridge. a change to a suit other than the one played or bid previously.
• Basketball. a maneuver in which two teammates on defense shift assignments so that each guards the opponent usually guarded by the other.
• a tuft of hair at the end of the tail of some animals, as of the cow or lion.

verb (used with object)

• to whip or beat with a switch or the like; lash:He switched the boy with a cane.
• to move, swing, or whisk (a cane, a fishing line, etc.) with a swift, lashing stroke.

• to shift or exchange:The two girls switched their lunch boxes.
• to turn, shift, or divert:to switch conversation from a painful subject.
• Electricity. to connect, disconnect, or redirect (an electric circuit or the device it serves) by operating a switch (often followed by off or on):I switched on a light.
• Railroads.
  1. to move or transfer (a train, car, etc.) from one set of tracks to another.
  2. to drop or add (cars) or to make up (a train).
• Movies, Television. to shift rapidly from one camera to another in order to change camera angles or shots.

verb (used without object)

• to strike with or as with a switch.
• to change direction or course; turn, shift, or change.

• to exchange or replace something with another:He used to smoke this brand of cigarettes, but he switched.
• to move or sway back and forth, as a cat’s tail.
• to be shifted, turned, etc., by means of a switch.
• Basketball. to execute a switch.
• Bridge. to lead a card of a suit different from the suit just led by oneself or one’s partner.

Definition from Dictionary.com

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