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switching |
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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