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Results for: "switch"

Translating from English to Welsh

Translations:

switch — device to turn electric current on and off
→ switsh m
switch — movable section of railroad track
→ cledren droi f
→ troblat m
switch — to exchange
→ cyfnewid
→ newid

Additional 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;
[syn: switch, electric switch, electrical switch]

2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another;
- Example: "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
[syn: substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch]

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

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

5. a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment;

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

7. the act of changing one thing or position for another;
- Example: "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
[syn: switch, switching, shift]


VERB (7)

1. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence;
[syn: switch over, switch, exchange]

2. exchange or give (something) in exchange for;
[syn: trade, swap, swop, switch]

3. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;
- Example: "switch to a different brand of beer"
- Example: "She switched psychiatrists"
- Example: "The car changed lanes"
[syn: switch, shift, change]

4. make a shift in or exchange of;
- Example: "First Joe led then we switched";
[syn: switch, change over, shift]

5. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;
- Example: "switch on the light"
- Example: "throw the lever"
[syn: throw, flip, switch]

6. flog with or as if with a flexible rod;

7. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action);
[syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop]