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According to WordNet, the noun "switch" has 7 sense(s).

104372370 control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit.

104372948 hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure.

100563823 a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other.

100196084 the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election".

104372171 a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment.

107443761 an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood".

104372756 railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock.


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