Results for "switch
"
switch
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "switch", "results": [{"examples": ["switch to a different brand of beer", "She switched psychiatrists"], "hasTypes": ["diphthongise", "channel-surf", "cut", "break", "diphthongize", "jump", "leap", "shift", "surf", "transition"], "synonyms": ["change", "shift"], "verbGroup": ["convert", "commute", "exchange", "change"], "definition": "lay aside, abandon, or leave for another", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["controller", "control"], "hasTypes": ["push button", "button", "commutator", "cutout", "ignition switch", "on-off switch", "on/off switch", "push", "selector", "selector switch", "three-point switch", "three-way switch", "time-switch", "toggle", "toggle switch"], "synonyms": ["electric switch", "electrical switch"], "definition": "control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["change by reversal", "turn", "reverse"], "synonyms": ["alternate", "flip", "flip-flop", "interchange", "tack"], "definition": "reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["operate", "mesh", "lock", "engage"], "examples": ["switch on the light"], "hasTypes": ["turn off", "cut", "turn out", "turn on", "switch on", "switch off"], "synonyms": ["flip", "throw"], "definition": "cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["change"], "examples": ["his switch on abortion cost him the election"], "hasTypes": ["switcheroo"], "synonyms": ["shift", "switching"], "definition": "the act of changing one thing or position for another", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["fluctuation", "variation"], "synonyms": ["permutation", "replacement", "substitution", "transposition"], "definition": "an event in which one thing is substituted for another", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["change", "alter", "modify"], "examples": ["First Joe led; then we switched"], "hasTypes": ["back", "veer"], "synonyms": ["change over", "shift"], "definition": "make a shift in or exchange of", "derivation": ["switching"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["exchange", "change", "interchange"], "synonyms": ["swap", "swop", "trade"], "definition": "exchange or give (something) in exchange for", "derivation": ["switching"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["change by reversal", "reverse", "turn"], "synonyms": ["exchange", "switch over"], "definition": "change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["basketball play"], "definition": "a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["instrument of punishment"], "hasTypes": ["rattan", "birch", "ferule", "cane", "birch rod", "ratan"], "definition": "a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["lather", "strap", "slash", "flog", "lash", "welt", "trounce", "whip"], "definition": "flog with or as if with a flexible rod", "derivation": ["switcher"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["postiche", "false hair", "hairpiece"], "definition": "hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["railway", "railroad track", "railroad"], "definition": "railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 4.44, "syllables": {"list": ["switch"], "count": 1}, "pronunciation": {"all": "swɪʧ"}}
switchblade
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "switchblade", "results": [{"typeOf": ["pocket knife", "pocketknife"], "synonyms": ["flick-knife", "flick knife", "switchblade knife"], "definition": "a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 2.43, "syllables": {"list": ["switch", "blade"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'swɪʧ,bleɪd"}}
switchboard
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "switchboard", "results": [{"partOf": ["phone system", "telephone system"], "typeOf": ["central", "exchange", "telephone exchange"], "synonyms": ["patchboard", "plugboard"], "definition": "telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 2.86, "syllables": {"list": ["switch", "board"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'swɪʧ,boʊrd"}}