Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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switch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
slash | Yes | No | Yes | No |
switch (noun) | slash (noun) |
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the act of changing one thing or position for another | a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument |
a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other | a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information |
a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment | an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) |
control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit | a wound made by cutting |
railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock | |
hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure | |
an event in which one thing is substituted for another |
switch (verb) | slash (verb) |
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reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | cut drastically |
make a shift in or exchange of | cut open |
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete |
change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence | beat severely with a whip or rod |
cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation | move or stir about violently |
flog with or as if with a flexible rod | |
exchange or give (something) in exchange for |