Switching

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Switch \Switch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Switched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Switching}.]
     1. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
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     2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
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     3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     4. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by
        a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch
        off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.
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     5. (Eccl.) To shift to another circuit.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Switching \Switch"ing\,
     a. & n. from {Switch}, v.
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     {Switching engine}, a locomotive for switching cars from one
        track to another, and making up trains; -- called also
        {switch engine}. [U.S.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  switching
       n : the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his
           switch on abortion cost him the election" [syn: {switch},
            {shift}]