a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit

the guard hit a switch and the gate swung open

an act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another

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

change the position, direction, or focus of

the company switched the boats to other routes

beat or flick with or as if with a switch