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51switch — [[t]swɪtʃ[/t]] n. 1) a turning, shifting, or changing 2) elm a device for turning on or off or directing an electric current or for making or breaking a circuit 3) rai a track structure for diverting moving trains or rolling stock from one track… …
52switch — {{11}}switch (n.) 1590s, slender riding whip, probably from a Flemish or Low German word akin to Hanoverian swutsche, a variant of Low Ger. zwukse long thin stick, switch, from Germanic base *swih (Cf. O.H.G. zwec wooden peg, Ger. Zweck aim,… …
53turn off — phrasal verb Word forms turn off : present tense I/you/we/they turn off he/she/it turns off present participle turning off past tense turned off past participle turned off 1) a) [transitive] to stop a piece of equipment working temporarily by… …
54turn on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms turn on : present tense I/you/we/they turn on he/she/it turns on present participle turning on past tense turned on past participle turned on 1) a) to make a piece of equipment start working by pressing a… …
55turn back — Synonyms and related words: about ship, assimilate to, avert, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, beat back, become, box off, break, break back, bring about, bring round, bring to, brush off, cant, cant round …
56turn into — Synonyms and related words: English, alter, alter into, ameliorate, assimilate to, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, become, bottom out, break, bring to, change, change into, change over, checker, chop, chop and change, come about, come… …
57turn off — Synonyms and related words: amplify, ax, blunt, boot, boot out, bounce, bow out, break, bump, bundle, bundle off, bust, can, cashier, charge, chill, close, cool, cut, damp, dampen, deflect, defrock, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive,… …
58turn on — Synonyms and related words: accrue from, amplify, annoy, arise from, arouse, awake, awaken, be based on, be contingent on, be dependent on, be due to, be predicated on, blow the coals, blow up, bring up, broach, bud from, call forth, call up,… …
59switch — [[t]swɪ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦♦♦ switches, switching, switched 1) N COUNT A switch is a small control for an electrical device which you use to turn the device on or off. Leona put some detergent into the dishwasher, shut the door and pressed the switch. ...a …
60switch off — verb a) to turn a switch to the off position in order to stop or disable a device Do you eat all your peas and then all your potatoes, or do you switch off between them as you go? b) to lose interest, and …
