[swɪtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit
(e.g: the guard hit a switch and the gate swung open)

- an act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another
(e.g: his friends were surprised at his switch from newspaper owner to farmer)

- a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree

- a set of points on a railway track

- a tress of false or detached hair tied at one end, used in hairdressing to supplement natural hair


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a thin tapering riding whip): probably from Low German

[swɪtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- change the position, direction, or focus of
(e.g: the company switched the boats to other routes)

- beat or flick with or as if with a switch


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a thin tapering riding whip): probably from Low German