Definitions For Switch

noun

  • The act of changing one thing or position for another
  • A basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
  • A flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
  • Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
  • Railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
  • Hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
  • An event in which one thing is substituted for another
  • A small device that starts or stops the flow of electricity to something (such as a lamp or a machine) when it is pressed or moved up and down
  • A sudden change from one thing to another
  • A device for moving the rails of a track so that a train may be turned from one track to another

verb

  • Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
  • Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
  • Make a shift in or exchange of
  • Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
  • Flog with or as if with a flexible rod
  • Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
  • Exchange or give (something) in exchange for
  • To make a change from one thing to another : to start doing or using something that is different
  • To make a change from one thing to another by turning or pushing a button or moving a switch, lever, etc.
  • To change or replace (something) with another thing

Is Switch a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
14

The word Switch is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Switch in a Sentence

  • She flicked a switch and turned the lamp on.
  • He threw the switch to stop the machine.
  • I switched to a new doctor.
  • He kept switching back and forth between topics.
  • She switched back to her original insurance company.

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