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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Switch  \Switch\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Switched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Switching}.] 
  1.  To  strike  with  a  switch  or  small  flexible  rod;  to  whip. 
  --Chapman. 
 
  2.  To  swing  or  whisk;  as  to  switch  a  cane. 
 
  3.  To  trim,  as  a  hedge.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  4.  To  turn  from  one  railway  track  to  another;  to  transfer  by 
  a  switch;  --  generally  with  off  from  etc.;  as  to  switch 
  off  a  train;  to  switch  a  car  from  one  track  to  another. 
 
  5.  (Eccl.)  To  shift  to  another  circuit. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Switching  \Switch"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Switch},  v. 
 
  {Switching  engine},  a  locomotive  for  switching  cars  from  one 
  track  to  another,  and  making  up  trains;  --  called  also 
  {switch  engine}.  [U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  switching 
  n  :  the  act  of  changing  one  thing  or  position  for  another;  "his 
  switch  on  abortion  cost  him  the  election"  [syn:  {switch}, 
  {shift}] 




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