“switched” is a form of
switch
/swɪt͡ʃ/ noun, verb, adjective
Forms switches switching switched
- noun A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- noun A change or exchange.
- noun (rail transport, US, Philippines) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
- noun A long, slender woody plant stem or a flexible, thin rod used as a whip to administer corporal punishment in the United States.
- noun (music) Synonym of rute.
- noun (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior. “Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.”
- noun (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
- noun (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
- verb (transitive) To exchange. “I want to switch this red dress for a green one.”
- verb (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch. “Switch the light on.”
- verb (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
- verb (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc. “I want to switch to a different seat.”
- verb (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- verb To swing or whisk.
- verb To be swung or whisked. “The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.”
- verb To trim.
- adjective (snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
- adjective (freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards.
Synonyms
points crop rute flag option specifier Glock switch interchange swap commute counterchange exchange replace shift substitute transpose electric switch electrical switch substitution permutation transposition replacement switching switch over trade swop change change over throw flip
Antonyms
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”), first attested in c. 1592. The mechanical device for altering the direction of something sense is first attested in c. 1797, pertaining to pivoted rails on minecart railways, which were once wooden.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A small, flexible twig or rod. Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch. Addison.
- noun A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
- verb To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip. Chapman.
- verb To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
Etymology [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf. Swink, Swing.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “switch”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details