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Results for: "switch"

Translating from English to Walloon

Translations:

switch — device to turn electric current on and off
→ boutoe m
→ interupteu m
switch — movable section of railroad track
→ awiyaedje m
switch — to exchange
→ discandjî

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 7

  1. control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

    Synonymselectric switchelectrical switch

  2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another

    • “the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood”
    Synonymssubstitutionpermutationtranspositionreplacement

  3. hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

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  1. railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

  2. a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

  3. a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

  4. the act of changing one thing or position for another

    • “his switch on abortion cost him the election”
    Synonymsswitchingshift

VERB 7

  1. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

    Synonymsswitch overexchange

  2. exchange or give (something) in exchange for

    Synonymstradeswapswop

  3. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

    • “switch to a different brand of beer”
    • “She switched psychiatrists”
    • “The car changed lanes”
    Synonymsshiftchange
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  1. make a shift in or exchange of; then we switched"

    • “First Joe led”
    Synonymschange overshift

  2. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

    • “switch on the light”
    • “throw the lever”
    Synonymsthrowflip

  3. flog with or as if with a flexible rod

  4. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

    Synonymsinterchangetackalternateflipflip-flop