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31switch — ► NOUN 1) a device for making and breaking an electrical connection. 2) a change or exchange. 3) a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree. 4) N. Amer. a set of points on a railway track. 5) a tress of hair used in hairdressing to supplement… …
32Switch card — n trademark BrE a plastic card from your bank that you use to pay for things and that allows the money to be taken straight from your account …
33switch-hitter — ☆ switch hitter [swich′hit′ər ] n. 1. a baseball player who can bat from either side of home plate, usually batting right handed against a left handed pitcher and left handed against a right handed pitcher 2. Informal a person who is competent in …
34switch-hit — switch′ hit′ v. i. hit, hit•ting spo baseball to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left handed and as a right handed batter • Etymology: 1950–55 …
35switch-hitter — ☆ switch hitter [swich′hit′ər ] n. 1. a baseball player who can bat from either side of home plate, usually batting right handed against a left handed pitcher and left handed against a right handed pitcher 2. Informal a person who is competent in …
36switch|back — «SWIHCH BAK», noun, verb. –n. 1. a section of a railroad or highway built in a zigzag course up a steep grade, as on the side of a mountain, by means of which the rate of climb of the roadbed is held within a tolerable range: »The trail began… …
37switch|er — «SWIHCH uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that switches. 2. U.S. a railroad engine used for switching cars and making up trains in a railroad yard: »The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ordered 25…road switchers (Wall Street Journal). 3. a… …
38switch|grass — «SWIHCH GRAS, GRAHS», noun. a tall panic grass found from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains, used especially for hay …
39switch|yard — «SWIHCH YAHRD», noun. a railroad yard where cars are switched from one track to another and put together to make trains; sorting yard …
40switch — 1 /swItS/ verb 1 (I, T) to change from one thing to another, usually suddenly (+ to): He used to play tennis, but now he s switched to golf. | switch sth to/from/away etc: Duval switched easily and fluently from French to English. | switch… …
