"switch" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /swɪt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-switch.ogg [US]
enPR: swĭch Rhymes: -ɪtʃ Etymology: Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”). First attested in c. 1592. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|dum|swijch||twig}} Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”), {{etydate|c|1592}} First attested in c. 1592. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} switch (not comparable)
  1. (snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Snowboarding
    Sense id: en-switch-en-adj-YjpE72ge Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, snowboarding, sports
  2. (freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Skiing Translations (Skiing): switch [slang] (Finnish), switch (French)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-adj-Jjh8Nqn7 Disambiguation of 'Skiing': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: switch off, switch on Coordinate_terms: goofy, regular Translations (Snowboarding): switch [slang] (Finnish), switch (French)
Disambiguation of 'Snowboarding': 52 48

Noun

IPA: /swɪt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-switch.ogg [US] Forms: switches [plural]
enPR: swĭch Rhymes: -ɪtʃ Etymology: Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”). First attested in c. 1592. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|dum|swijch||twig}} Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”), {{etydate|c|1592}} First attested in c. 1592. Head templates: {{en-noun}} switch (plural switches)
  1. A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow. Translations (device to turn electric current on and off): skakel (Afrikaans), skakelaar (Afrikaans), مِقْلَاد (miqlād) [masculine] (Arabic), անջատիչ (anǰatičʿ) (Armenian), փոխարկիչ (pʿoxarkičʿ) (Armenian), ܡܲܦܬܵܚܵܐ (maptāḥā) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), dəyişdirici (Azerbaijani), açar (Azerbaijani), etengailu (Basque), выключа́льнік (vyključálʹnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), выключа́цель (vyključácjelʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), пераключа́льнік (pjeraključálʹnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), ключ (ključ) [masculine] (Belarusian), চাবি (cabi) (Bengali), সুইচ (śuic) (Bengali), ключ (ključ) [masculine] (Bulgarian), превключва́тел (prevključvátel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ခလုတ် (hka.lut) (Burmese), interruptor [masculine] (Catalan), 開關 (Chinese Mandarin), 开关 (kāiguān) (Chinese Mandarin), 電門 (Chinese Mandarin), 电门 (diànmén) (Chinese Mandarin), vypínač [masculine] (Czech), přepínač [masculine] (Czech), omskifter (Danish), afbryder (Danish), schakelaar [masculine] (Dutch), ŝaltilo (Esperanto), lüliti (Estonian), kytkin (Finnish), katkaisija (Finnish), katkaisin (Finnish), interrupteur [masculine] (French), 𞤱𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤵 [Adlam] (Fula), waylu [Roman] (Fula), გადართოთ (gadartot) (Georgian), Schalter [masculine] (German), διακόπτης (diakóptis) (Greek), ચાંપ (cā̃p) [feminine] (Gujarati), chanje (Haitian Creole), खटका (khaṭkā) (Haryanvi), מֶתֶג (méteg) [masculine] (Hebrew), स्विच (svic) [masculine] (Hindi), kapcsoló (Hungarian), sakelar (Indonesian), commutator (Interlingua), lasc [feminine] (Irish), interruttore (Italian), 電源 (dengen) (alt: でんげん) (Japanese), 開閉器 (kaiheiki) (alt: かいへいき) (Japanese), スイッチ (suitchi) (Japanese), ажыратқыш (ajyratqyş) (Kazakh), айырғыш (aiyrğyş) (Kazakh), сөндіргіш (söndırgış) (Kazakh), កុងតាក់ (kongtak) (Khmer), 스위치 (seuwichi) (Korean), 개폐기 (gaepyegi) (alt: 開閉器) (Korean), ажыраткыч (ajıratkıc) (Kyrgyz), өчүргүч (öcürgüc) (Kyrgyz), ສວິດໄຟ (sa wit fai) (Lao), ສະຫວິດໄຟ (sa wit fai) (Lao), slēdzis [masculine] (Latvian), jungiklis [masculine] (Lithuanian), eswichi (Luhya), прекинувач (prekinuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), suis (Malay), pana (Maori), унтраалга (untraalga) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), нээлэг (neeleg) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠤᠨᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (untaraɣalg-a) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠨᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠭᠡ (negegelge) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), bryter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brytar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vijjuppavāhaniyāmaka [neuter] (Pali), سویچ (suič) (Persian), کلید (kalid) (Persian), wyłącznik [masculine] (Polish), przełącznik [masculine] (Polish), łącznik [masculine] (Polish), interruptor [masculine] (Portuguese), chave [feminine] (Portuguese), comutator [neuter] (Romanian), întrerupător [neuter] (Romanian), выключа́тель m on/off (vyključátelʹ) (Russian), переключа́тель (pereključátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ключ (ključ) [masculine] (Russian), прекѝда̄ч [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prekìdāč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), spínač [masculine] (Slovak), prepínač [masculine] (Slovak), stikalo [neuter] (Slovene), interruptor [masculine] (Spanish), swichi (Swahili), strömbrytare [common-gender] (Swedish), brytare [common-gender] (Swedish), kabtol (Tagalog), васлкунак (vaslkunak) (Tajik), калид (kalid) (Tajik), స్విచ్చి (svicci) (Telugu), สวิตช์ (sà-wít) (Thai), anahtar (Turkish), şalter (Turkish), wyklýuçatel (Turkmen), çybyk (Turkmen), вимика́ч (vymykáč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), перемика́ч (peremykáč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ключ (ključ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), سُوِیچ (suvic) [masculine] (Urdu), vikluchatel (Uzbek), xivchin (Uzbek), chiviq (Uzbek), ngắt điện (Vietnamese), công tắc (Vietnamese), đóng ngắt (Vietnamese), switsh [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-RUbxGEqi Disambiguation of 'device to turn electric current on and off': 42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6
  2. A change or exchange.
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-kaEw-JxW
  3. (rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points. Tags: US Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms (section of railroad track): points [UK] Translations (movable section of railroad track): punt (Afrikaans), pikë [feminine] (Albanian), սլաք (slakʿ) (Armenian), ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܦܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ (mištaḥlpānūtā) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), стрэ́лка (strélka) [feminine] (Belarusian), стре́лка (strélka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), agulla [feminine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (diǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), výhybka [feminine] (Czech), wissel [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), vaihde (Finnish), aiguille [feminine] (French), aiguillage [masculine] (French), Weiche [feminine] (German), cambio (Interlingua), ladhróg [feminine] (Irish), scambio [masculine] (Italian), 分岐器 (bunkiki) (alt: ぶんきき) (Japanese), 포인트 (pointeu) (Korean), pārmija [feminine] (Latvian), свртница (svrtnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), pens [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sporveksel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pens [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sporveksel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zwrotnica [feminine] (Polish), aparelho de mudança de via [masculine] (Portuguese), agulha [feminine] (Portuguese), macaz [neuter] (Romanian), стре́лка (strélka) [feminine] (Russian), скре́тница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), skrétnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kretnica [feminine] (Slovene), aguja [feminine] (Spanish), växel [common-gender] (Swedish), nokta (Turkish), стрі́лка (strílka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cledren droi [feminine] (Welsh), troblat [masculine] (Welsh), iard drefnu [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-T84yzknT Categories (other): American English Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport Disambiguation of 'section of railroad track': 2 0 60 11 1 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 3 4 4 Disambiguation of 'movable section of railroad track': 2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4
  4. A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States. Synonyms (whip): crop Translations (thin rod used as a whip): ճիպոտ (čipot) (Armenian), ܫܲܒܘܼܛܵܐ (šabūṭā) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), сыбыҡ (sıbıq) (Bashkir), гъ́вкава пръ́чка (gǎ́vkava prǎ́čka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), spitsroede (Dutch), twijg [feminine] (Dutch), vergo (Esperanto), vitsa (Finnish), piiska (Finnish), badine [feminine] (French), Spießrute [feminine] (German), verga [feminine] (Italian), žagars [masculine] (Latvian), прачка (pračka) [feminine] (Macedonian), ташуур (tašuur) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), houssinne [feminine] (Norman), prylestokk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vergasta [feminine] (Portuguese), açoite [masculine] (Portuguese), vara [feminine] (Portuguese), vergea [feminine] (Romanian), хлыст (xlyst) [masculine] (Russian), ро́зга (rózga) [feminine] (Russian), ко̀рба̄ч [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kòrbāč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), latigazo [masculine] (Spanish), spö [neuter] (Swedish), ไม้เรียว (mái-riao) (Thai), ffon [feminine] (Welsh), gwialen [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-TyV-tzel Disambiguation of 'whip': 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'thin rod used as a whip': 0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5
  5. (music) Synonym of rute. Categories (topical): Musical instruments Synonyms: rute [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-KXcrCo~E Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  6. (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior. Categories (topical): Computer science Synonyms (command-line notation): flag, option, specifier Translations (command line notation): interruptor [masculine] (Catalan), opció [feminine] (Catalan), přepínač [masculine] (Czech), lippu (Finnish), argumentti (Finnish), vipu (Finnish), valitsin (Finnish), commutateur [masculine] (French), opzione [feminine] (Italian), parametro [masculine] (Italian), argomento [masculine] (Italian), svitsj [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), switch [masculine] (Portuguese), växel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-SO04hsLW Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences Disambiguation of 'command-line notation': 2 0 2 3 2 57 4 6 2 5 1 1 2 6 6 Disambiguation of 'command line notation': 4 0 1 2 3 38 7 10 5 4 1 2 3 9 9
  7. (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression. Categories (topical): Computing, Programming
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-zxDaFsER Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  8. (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire. Categories (topical): Computing, Networking Translations (networking device): камута́тар (kamutátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), суи́ч (suíč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), přepínač [masculine] (Czech), enkursigilo (Esperanto), kytkin (Finnish), commutateur réseau [masculine] (French), Switch [masculine] (German), Verteiler [masculine] (German), Netzwerkweiche [feminine] (German), switch [masculine] (Italian), switch (Portuguese), comutador (Portuguese), comutator [neuter] (Romanian), коммута́тор (kommutátor) [masculine] (Russian), switch (Spanish), conmutador [masculine] (Spanish), switch [common-gender] (Swedish), สวิตช์ (sà-wít) (Thai), комута́тор (komutátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bộ chuyển mạch (Vietnamese), thiết bị chuyển mạch (Vietnamese), switsh [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-y7kNBcda Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'networking device': 25 0 1 2 0 1 1 57 5 1 1 1 1 2 2
  9. (telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line. Categories (topical): Telecommunications Translations (system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines): камута́тар (kamutátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), комута́тор (komutátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), puhelinkeskus (Finnish), puhelinvaihde (Finnish), vaihde (Finnish), keskus (Finnish), commutateur [masculine] (French), centralino [masculine] (Italian), развод (razvod) [masculine] (Macedonian), sentral [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), switch [masculine] (Polish), central telefónica [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), central telefônica [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), centrală [feminine] (Romanian), comutator [neuter] (Romanian), selector (Romanian), коммута́тор (kommutátor) [masculine] (Russian), скло̏пка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sklȍpka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), växel [common-gender] (Swedish), комута́тор (komutátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), xivchin (Uzbek), chuyển mạch (Vietnamese), switsh [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-kCiRHZdQ Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications Disambiguation of 'system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines': 3 0 7 9 5 8 3 7 30 6 3 2 3 8 8
  10. (genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene. Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-w25GqQkU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 0 8 8 9 6 7 9 6 13 4 2 5 9 9 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  11. (especially BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship. Tags: especially Categories (topical): BDSM Translations (someone willing to switch roles in BDSM): plurrolulo (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-s0ozsEXM Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality Disambiguation of 'someone willing to switch roles in BDSM': 4 0 9 11 7 4 3 5 7 8 23 1 7 5 5
  12. (historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-bNLwRyt4
  13. (card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play. Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-OnnXUYTs Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 1 4 0 6 7 6 3 3 6 6 6 3 1 8 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 7 1 8 Topics: card-games, games
  14. (firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Firearms Synonyms: Glock switch [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-39n67fbF Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  15. (firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch.
    (slang, metonymically) A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.
    Tags: metonymically, slang Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-switch-en-noun-dbRV2f0Z Categories (other): English metonyms Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: analogue switch, ball switch, centrifugal switch, company switch, digital switch, DIP switch, dipswitch, disconnect switch, double pole, double throw switch, fireman's switch, float switch, footswitch, four-way switch, hall-effect switch, inertial switch, isolator switch, key switch, kill switch, knife switch, latching switch, light switch, limit switch, load control switch, man's switch, membrane switch, mercury tilt switch, microswitch, network switch, piezo switch, pressure switch, pull switch, push switch, railway switch, reed switch, reversing switch, riboswitch, rotary switch, sail switch, sense switch, slotted optical switch, stepping switch, telecommunications switch, thermal switch, three-way switch, tilt switch, time switch, touch switch, transfer switch, vandal resistant switch, wall-mounted switch, wireless light switch, zero speed switch Derived forms: antenna switch, antiswitch, arrow switch, asleep at the switch, bait and switch, bait-and-switch, big red switch, big switch, bitch switch, blab-off switch, chicken switch, circuit switched, core switch, crossbar switch, dead man's switch, dimmer switch, DIP switch, dipswitch, double switch, footswitch, Glock switch, hat switch, hook switch, hot switch, intermediate switch, jackknife switch, mercury switch, microswitch, multiway switching, on-off switch, optical switch, public switched, Q-switch, railroad switch, replacing switch, RF switch matrix, sleeping at the switch, split switch, Strowger switch, switch access, switchback, switchblade, switchboard, switch box, switch cane, switch dealing, switch engine, switcheroo, switch gear, switchgear, switch grass, switch hit, switch hitter, switch hook, switch horn, switch keeper, switchout, switch pitcher, switch selling, switch trading, switchy, Texas switch, toggle switch, trip switch, Turing switch, two-way switch, underload switch, wye switch

Verb

IPA: /swɪt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-switch.ogg [US] Forms: switches [present, singular, third-person], switching [participle, present], switched [participle, past], switched [past]
enPR: swĭch Rhymes: -ɪtʃ Etymology: Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”). First attested in c. 1592. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|dum|swijch||twig}} Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”), {{etydate|c|1592}} First attested in c. 1592. Head templates: {{en-verb}} switch (third-person singular simple present switches, present participle switching, simple past and past participle switched)
  1. (transitive) To exchange. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to exchange): interchange Translations (to exchange): փոխել (pʿoxel) (Armenian), ܫܲܚܠܸܦ (šaḥlip) (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), разменям (razmenjam) (Bulgarian), canviar (Catalan), 代替 (dàitì) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (huàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 交換 (Chinese Mandarin), 交换 (jiāohuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 取代 (qǔdài) (Chinese Mandarin), 替代 (tìdài) (Chinese Mandarin), vyměnit (Czech), interŝanĝi (Esperanto), vaihtaa (Finnish), échanger (French), tauschen (German), austauschen (German), αλλάζω (allázo) (Greek), החליף (hekhlíf) (Hebrew), scambiare (Italian), 取り換える (torikaeru) (Japanese), 交換する (kōkan suru) (Japanese), разменува (razmenuva) (Macedonian), сменува (smenuva) (Macedonian), tukar (Malay), whakawhiti (Maori), whakawhitiwhiti (Maori), trocar (Portuguese), schimba (Romanian), vymeniť (Slovak), intercambiar (Spanish), cambiar (Spanish), byta (Swedish), ändra (Swedish), สลับ (sà-làp) (Thai), เปลี่ยน (bplìian) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-avRatv6n Disambiguation of 'to exchange': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to exchange': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch. Tags: transitive Translations (to change (something) to the specified state using a switch): փոխարկել (pʿoxarkel) (Armenian), превключвам (prevključvam) (Bulgarian), commutar (Catalan), zhasnout (english: to switch / turn off) (Czech), rozsvítit (english: to switch / turn on) (Czech), rožnout (note: Moravian dialect) (Czech), ŝalti (Esperanto), kytkeä (Finnish), commuter (French), schalten (German), excambiar (Interlingua), commutare (Italian), 切り替える (tirikaeru) (Japanese), шалта (šalta) (Macedonian), прешалтува (prešaltuva) (Macedonian), takahuri (Maori), whakakā (english: refers to electrical devices) (Maori), souitchi (Norman), ligar (english: switch on) (Portuguese), desligar (english: switch off) (Portuguese), comuta (Romanian), växla (Swedish), koppla (Swedish), knäppa (Swedish), stänga (Swedish), slå (Swedish), släcka (Swedish), tända (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-cNHiP~Ur Disambiguation of 'to change (something) to the specified state using a switch': 0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
  3. (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch. Tags: in modern times Southern US, transitive Translations (to hit with a switch (rod)): ձաղկել (jaġkel) (Armenian), ܫܵܒ݂ܹܛ (šāḇēṭ) (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), бия (bija) (Bulgarian), шибам (šibam) (Bulgarian), vergi (Esperanto), piiskata (Finnish), antaa piiskaa (Finnish), fouetter (French), commutar (Interlingua), picchiare (Italian), vergastar (Portuguese), açoitar (Portuguese), slå (Swedish), piska (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-IKnisZDW Disambiguation of 'to hit with a switch (rod)': 0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5
  4. (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc. Tags: intransitive Translations (to change places or tasks): сменям (smenjam) (Bulgarian), canviar (Catalan), vaihtaa (Finnish), changer (French), wechseln (German), cambiar (Interlingua), cambiare (Italian), passare (Italian), migrare (Italian), 切り替える (tirikaeru) (Japanese), сменува (smenuva) (Macedonian), разменува (razmenuva) (Macedonian), takahuri (Maori), trocar (Portuguese), mudar (Portuguese), schimba (Romanian), byta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-o6Bduxyh Disambiguation of 'to change places or tasks': 0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3
  5. (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged. Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Anger
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-ZpTsPiS~ Disambiguation of Anger: 3 2 2 0 3 7 3 3 2 4 2 7 4 2 5 7 7 3 1 1 2 12 3 3 4 2 1 4
  6. To swing or whisk.
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-wpcKI55w
  7. To be swung or whisked.
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-fS66m8xU
  8. To trim. Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-nCBwxTx8 Disambiguation of Hair: 2 2 1 1 3 7 3 2 3 3 2 8 3 11 3 7 7 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 16 2 1 3
  9. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-RQ9Ds~rE Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 1 4 0 6 7 6 3 3 6 6 6 3 1 8 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 7 1 8
  10. (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-nlIhLICf Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
  11. (intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-switch-en-verb-pkjW7iQB Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 1 4 0 6 7 6 3 3 6 6 6 3 1 8 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 7 1 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swap, commute, counterchange, exchange, replace, shift, substitute, switch, transpose Hyponyms: hot-swap, swap in, swap out, trade Derived forms: code-switch, switch codes, switch gears, switch tack, switch teams, switch up, swtich out Related terms: reciprocate

Inflected forms

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      "word": "antenna switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "antiswitch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "arrow switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "asleep at the switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bait and switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bait-and-switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "big red switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "big switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bitch switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blab-off switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chicken switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "circuit switched"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "core switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "crossbar switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dead man's switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dimmer switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "DIP switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dipswitch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "double switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "footswitch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Glock switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hat switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hook switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hot switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "intermediate switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jackknife switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mercury switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "microswitch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "multiway switching"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "on-off switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "optical switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "public switched"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Q-switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "railroad switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "replacing switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "RF switch matrix"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sleeping at the switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "split switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Strowger switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch access"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switchback"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switchblade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switchboard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch box"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch cane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch dealing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch engine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switcheroo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch gear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switchgear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch grass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch hit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch hitter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch hook"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch horn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch keeper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switchout"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch pitcher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch selling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switch trading"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "switchy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Texas switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "toggle switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trip switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Turing switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "two-way switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "underload switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wye switch"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "afb",
            "2": "سويچ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "swīč"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gulf Arabic: سويچ (swīč)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gulf Arabic: سويچ (swīč)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Switch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Switch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Switch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "swijch",
        "4": "",
        "5": "twig"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "1592"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in c. 1592.",
      "name": "etydate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”). First attested in c. 1592.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "switches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "switch (plural switches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "analogue switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ball switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centrifugal switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "company switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "digital switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "DIP switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dipswitch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "disconnect switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "double pole, double throw switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fireman's switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "float switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "footswitch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "four-way switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hall-effect switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inertial switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "isolator switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "key switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kill switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "knife switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "latching switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "light switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "limit switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "load control switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "man's switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "membrane switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mercury tilt switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "microswitch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "network switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "piezo switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pressure switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pull switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "push switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "railway switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reed switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reversing switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "riboswitch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rotary switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sail switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sense switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slotted optical switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stepping switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "telecommunications switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "thermal switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "three-way switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tilt switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "time switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "touch switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "transfer switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vandal resistant switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wall-mounted switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wireless light switch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zero speed switch"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow."
      ],
      "id": "en-switch-en-noun-RUbxGEqi",
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "electric",
          "electric"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "turn on"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "turn off"
        ],
        [
          "flow",
          "flow"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "skakel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "skakelaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "miqlād",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مِقْلَاد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "anǰatičʿ",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "անջատիչ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʿoxarkičʿ",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "փոխարկիչ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "aii",
          "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
          "roman": "maptāḥā",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ܡܲܦܬܵܚܵܐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "dəyişdirici"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "açar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "etengailu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vyključálʹnik",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "выключа́льнік"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vyključácjelʹ",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "выключа́цель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pjeraključálʹnik",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пераключа́льнік"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ključ",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ключ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "cabi",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "চাবি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śuic",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "সুইচ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ključ",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ключ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prevključvátel",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "превключва́тел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hka.lut",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "ခလုတ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "interruptor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "開關"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kāiguān",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "开关"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "電門"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "diànmén",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "电门"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vypínač"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "přepínač"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "omskifter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "afbryder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "schakelaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "ŝaltilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "lüliti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "kytkin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "katkaisija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "katkaisin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "interrupteur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ff",
          "lang": "Fula",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "Adlam"
          ],
          "word": "𞤱𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤵"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ff",
          "lang": "Fula",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "waylu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gadartot",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "გადართოთ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schalter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diakóptis",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "διακόπτης"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "cā̃p",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ચાંપ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "chanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "bgc",
          "lang": "Haryanvi",
          "roman": "khaṭkā",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "खटका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "méteg",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מֶתֶג"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "svic",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "स्विच"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "kapcsoló"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "sakelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "commutator"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lasc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "interruttore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "alt": "でんげん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dengen",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "電源"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "alt": "かいへいき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaiheiki",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "開閉器"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "suitchi",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "スイッチ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ajyratqyş",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "ажыратқыш"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aiyrğyş",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "айырғыш"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "söndırgış",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "сөндіргіш"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kongtak",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "កុងតាក់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seuwichi",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "스위치"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "alt": "開閉器",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gaepyegi",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "개폐기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ajıratkıc",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "ажыраткыч"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "öcürgüc",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "өчүргүч"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sa wit fai",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "ສວິດໄຟ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sa wit fai",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "ສະຫວິດໄຟ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "slēdzis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jungiklis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "luy",
          "lang": "Luhya",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "eswichi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prekinuvač",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "прекинувач"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "suis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "pana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "untraalga",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "унтраалга"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "neeleg",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "нээлэг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "untaraɣalg-a",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠤᠨᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "negegelge",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠨᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠭᠡ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bryter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brytar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "pi",
          "lang": "Pali",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vijjuppavāhaniyāmaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "suič",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "سویچ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kalid",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "کلید"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wyłącznik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "przełącznik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "łącznik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "interruptor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chave"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "comutator"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "întrerupător"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vyključátelʹ",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "выключа́тель m on/off"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pereključátelʹ",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "переключа́тель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ključ",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ключ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "прекѝда̄ч"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prekìdāč"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spínač"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prepínač"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "stikalo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "interruptor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "swichi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "strömbrytare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "brytare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "kabtol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "vaslkunak",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "васлкунак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "kalid",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "калид"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "svicci",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "స్విచ్చి"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sà-wít",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "สวิตช์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "anahtar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "şalter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "wyklýuçatel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "çybyk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vymykáč",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вимика́ч"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "peremykáč",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "перемика́ч"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ključ",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ключ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "suvic",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "سُوِیچ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "vikluchatel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "xivchin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "chiviq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "ngắt điện"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "công tắc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
          "word": "đóng ngắt"
        },
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          "_dis1": "42 0 3 3 2 3 4 11 7 4 1 2 5 6 6",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "switsh"
        }
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          "ref": "2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC",
          "text": "Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69",
          "text": "This is a result of a switch from High Street to online retailing, requiring consumer goods to be delivered to the door from large-scale distribution parks that have sufficient traffic to justify a rail terminal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "change"
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        [
          "exchange",
          "exchange"
        ]
      ]
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          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        }
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          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
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          "railroad",
          "railroad"
        ],
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          "track",
          "track"
        ],
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          "points",
          "points"
        ]
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 60 11 1 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "sense": "section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "points"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
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          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "word": "punt"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pikë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "slakʿ",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "word": "սլաք"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "aii",
          "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
          "roman": "mištaḥlpānūtā",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܦܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "strélka",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стрэ́лка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "strélka",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стре́лка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "agulla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "word": "點"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "diǎn",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "word": "点"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "výhybka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "wissel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "word": "vaihde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aiguille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aiguillage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Weiche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "word": "cambio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ladhróg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scambio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "alt": "ぶんきき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bunkiki",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "word": "分岐器"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pointeu",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "word": "포인트"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pārmija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "svrtnica",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "свртница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sporveksel"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sporveksel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zwrotnica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aparelho de mudança de via"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "agulha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "macaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "strélka",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стре́лка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "скре́тница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "skrétnica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kretnica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aguja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "växel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "word": "nokta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "strílka",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стрі́лка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cledren droi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "troblat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 61 11 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 4 4",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "iard drefnu"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15",
          "text": "A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage..",
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        }
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        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
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          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
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          "corporal punishment"
        ]
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          "sense": "whip",
          "word": "crop"
        }
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          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "čipot",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "word": "ճիպոտ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "aii",
          "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
          "roman": "šabūṭā",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ܫܲܒܘܼܛܵܐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "sıbıq",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "word": "сыбыҡ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gǎ́vkava prǎ́čka",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гъ́вкава пръ́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "word": "spitsroede"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "twijg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "word": "vergo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "word": "vitsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "word": "piiska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "badine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spießrute"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "verga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "žagars"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pračka",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "прачка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
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          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ташуур"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "houssinne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prylestokk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vergasta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 77 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5",
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        "(firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch.",
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          "sense": "to exchange",
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          "word": "代替"
        },
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          "sense": "to exchange",
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        {
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          "code": "de",
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        {
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          "word": "החליף"
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        {
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        {
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to exchange",
          "word": "whakawhiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to exchange",
          "word": "whakawhitiwhiti"
        },
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          "sense": "to exchange",
          "word": "trocar"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to exchange",
          "word": "schimba"
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        {
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "to exchange",
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          "sense": "to exchange",
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        {
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          "roman": "sà-làp",
          "sense": "to exchange",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bplìian",
          "sense": "to exchange",
          "word": "เปลี่ยน"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Switch the light on.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To change (something) to the specified state using a switch."
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        "(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʿoxarkel",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "փոխարկել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prevključvam",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "превключвам"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "commutar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "english": "to switch / turn off",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "zhasnout"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "english": "to switch / turn on",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "rozsvítit"
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          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "note": "Moravian dialect",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "rožnout"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "ŝalti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "kytkeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "commuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "schalten"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "excambiar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "commutare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tirikaeru",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "切り替える"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "šalta",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "шалта"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prešaltuva",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "прешалтува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "takahuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "refers to electrical devices",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "whakakā"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "souitchi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "english": "switch on",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "ligar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "english": "switch off",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "desligar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "comuta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "växla"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "koppla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "knäppa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "stänga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "slå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "släcka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
          "word": "tända"
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        "(transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch."
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "jaġkel",
          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
          "word": "ձաղկել"
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          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
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          "roman": "šāḇēṭ",
          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
          "word": "ܫܵܒ݂ܹܛ"
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          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
          "word": "бия"
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          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
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          "roman": "šibam",
          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
          "word": "vergi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
          "word": "antaa piiskaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
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          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
          "code": "ia",
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          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
          "word": "commutar"
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          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
          "code": "it",
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          "word": "picchiare"
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          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
          "word": "vergastar"
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          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
          "word": "açoitar"
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          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
          "word": "slå"
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          "_dis1": "0 6 64 9 2 3 3 4 5 0 5",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
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        "(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc."
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          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "smenjam",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "сменям"
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          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "canviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "vaihtaa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "changer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "wechseln"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "cambiar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "cambiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "passare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "migrare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tirikaeru",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "切り替える"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "smenuva",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "сменува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "razmenuva",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "разменува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "takahuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "trocar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "mudar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "schimba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 2 81 1 2 1 2 1 1 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to change places or tasks",
          "word": "byta"
        }
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            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
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        "To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged."
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        "(slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged."
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          "text": "to switch a cane"
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        "To swing or whisk."
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          "name": "Hair",
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            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
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            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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          "ref": "1811, Walter Nicol, The Planters Kalendar",
          "text": "Switch and clip thorn and other deciduous hedges.",
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        "To trim."
      ],
      "id": "en-switch-en-verb-nCBwxTx8",
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        [
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          "trim"
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      ]
    },
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        "To shift to another circuit."
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        "(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit."
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        "religion"
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          "ref": "2023 February 18 (last accessed), “Heather Lombardi”, in The Dancing Fools",
          "text": "Feel free to ask her to follow, lead, or switch!",
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        }
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          "partner dance"
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        "(intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance."
      ],
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    },
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position."
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        "hobbies",
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        "(freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards."
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            "slang"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/En-us-switch.ogg",
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    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Snowboarding",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "switch"
    },
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      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "switch"
    }
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}
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    "Requests for review of Interlingua translations",
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      "word": "arrow switch"
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      "word": "asleep at the switch"
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      "word": "bait and switch"
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      "word": "big switch"
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      "word": "bitch switch"
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      "word": "chicken switch"
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    {
      "word": "circuit switched"
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    {
      "word": "core switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "crossbar switch"
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      "word": "dead man's switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "dimmer switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "DIP switch"
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    {
      "word": "dipswitch"
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    {
      "word": "double switch"
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      "word": "footswitch"
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    {
      "word": "Glock switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "hat switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "hook switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "hot switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "intermediate switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "jackknife switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "mercury switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "microswitch"
    },
    {
      "word": "multiway switching"
    },
    {
      "word": "on-off switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "optical switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "public switched"
    },
    {
      "word": "Q-switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "railroad switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "replacing switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "RF switch matrix"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleeping at the switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "split switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "Strowger switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch access"
    },
    {
      "word": "switchback"
    },
    {
      "word": "switchblade"
    },
    {
      "word": "switchboard"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch box"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch cane"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch dealing"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch engine"
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    {
      "word": "switcheroo"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch gear"
    },
    {
      "word": "switchgear"
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      "word": "switch grass"
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      "word": "switch hit"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch hitter"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch hook"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch horn"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch keeper"
    },
    {
      "word": "switchout"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch pitcher"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch selling"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch trading"
    },
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      "word": "switchy"
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    {
      "word": "Texas switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "toggle switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "trip switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turing switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "two-way switch"
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    {
      "word": "underload switch"
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    {
      "word": "wye switch"
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      "word": "analogue switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "ball switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "centrifugal switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "company switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "digital switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "DIP switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "dipswitch"
    },
    {
      "word": "disconnect switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "double pole, double throw switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "fireman's switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "float switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "footswitch"
    },
    {
      "word": "four-way switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "hall-effect switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "inertial switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "isolator switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "key switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "kill switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "knife switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "latching switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "light switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "limit switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "load control switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "man's switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "membrane switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "mercury tilt switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "microswitch"
    },
    {
      "word": "network switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "piezo switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "pressure switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "pull switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "push switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "railway switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "reed switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "reversing switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "riboswitch"
    },
    {
      "word": "rotary switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "sail switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "sense switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "slotted optical switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "stepping switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "telecommunications switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "thermal switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "three-way switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "tilt switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "time switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "touch switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "transfer switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "vandal resistant switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "wall-mounted switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "wireless light switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "zero speed switch"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "current"
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          "ref": "2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC",
          "text": "Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post.",
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          "ref": "2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69",
          "text": "This is a result of a switch from High Street to online retailing, requiring consumer goods to be delivered to the door from large-scale distribution parks that have sufficient traffic to justify a rail terminal.",
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        "A change or exchange."
      ],
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        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "exchange",
          "exchange"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "en:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
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        [
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          "railroad"
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          "track"
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          "points"
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        "(rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15",
          "text": "A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage..",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States."
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      "links": [
        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
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        [
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          "rod"
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      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of rute."
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      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
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          "rute",
          "rute#English"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Synonym of rute."
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        {
          "tags": [
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computer science"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing."
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      "glosses": [
        "A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior."
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          "computer science"
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          "CLI"
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        "(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior."
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        "computer",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "science",
        "sciences"
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "text": "2004, Curt, “Can I use IF statements, and still use switches?”, in microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields (Usenet):",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
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        [
          "programming",
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        [
          "programming",
          "programming"
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        [
          "construct",
          "construct"
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        [
          "value",
          "value"
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        [
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          "expression"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Networking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "networking",
          "networking#Noun"
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        [
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          "hub"
        ]
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        "(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "networking",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Telecommunications"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "telecommunications",
          "telecommunications"
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          "relay"
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        "(telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications"
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      "glosses": [
        "A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
        [
          "DNA",
          "DNA"
        ],
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          "gene"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:BDSM"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies, page 99",
          "text": "Ideally, if one of your ladies happens to be a switch (or would be willing to switch for this scene), I would love to be able to inflict a little \"revenge tickling\" as well, as part of a scenario.",
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        "One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship."
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          "BDSM",
          "BDSM"
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          "willing",
          "willing"
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          "submissive",
          "submissive"
        ],
        [
          "dominant",
          "dominant"
        ],
        [
          "role",
          "role"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
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        "(especially BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "BDSM",
        "lifestyle",
        "sexuality"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
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        "A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tress",
          "tress"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "jute",
          "jute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "crazy eights",
          "crazy eights"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "en:Firearms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Glock switch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
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          "Glock switch",
          "Glock switch#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch."
      ],
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          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "Glock switch"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "firearms",
        "government",
        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English metonyms",
        "English slang",
        "en:Firearms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Glock switch.",
        "A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "Glock switch",
          "Glock switch#English"
        ],
        [
          "Glock",
          "Glock"
        ],
        [
          "Glock switch",
          "Glock switch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch.",
        "(slang, metonymically) A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "metonymically",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "firearms",
        "government",
        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/swɪt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪtʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-switch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/En-us-switch.ogg/En-us-switch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/En-us-switch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "swĭch"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "points"
    },
    {
      "sense": "whip",
      "word": "crop"
    },
    {
      "sense": "command-line notation",
      "word": "flag"
    },
    {
      "sense": "command-line notation",
      "word": "option"
    },
    {
      "sense": "command-line notation",
      "word": "specifier"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "skakel"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "skakelaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "miqlād",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِقْلَاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anǰatičʿ",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "անջատիչ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʿoxarkičʿ",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "փոխարկիչ"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "maptāḥā",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܡܲܦܬܵܚܵܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "dəyişdirici"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "açar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "etengailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vyključálʹnik",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "выключа́льнік"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vyključácjelʹ",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "выключа́цель"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjeraključálʹnik",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пераключа́льнік"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ključ",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ключ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "cabi",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "চাবি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śuic",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "সুইচ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ključ",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ключ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prevključvátel",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "превключва́тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hka.lut",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "ခလုတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interruptor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "開關"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kāiguān",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "开关"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "電門"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànmén",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "电门"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vypínač"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "přepínač"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "omskifter"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "afbryder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schakelaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "ŝaltilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "lüliti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "kytkin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "katkaisija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "katkaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interrupteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ff",
      "lang": "Fula",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "Adlam"
      ],
      "word": "𞤱𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤵"
    },
    {
      "code": "ff",
      "lang": "Fula",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "waylu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadartot",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "გადართოთ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diakóptis",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "διακόπτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "cā̃p",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ચાંપ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "chanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "bgc",
      "lang": "Haryanvi",
      "roman": "khaṭkā",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "खटका"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "méteg",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מֶתֶג"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "svic",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्विच"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "kapcsoló"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "sakelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "commutator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lasc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "interruttore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんげん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dengen",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "電源"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かいへいき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaiheiki",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "開閉器"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suitchi",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "スイッチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ajyratqyş",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "ажыратқыш"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aiyrğyş",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "айырғыш"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "söndırgış",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "сөндіргіш"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kongtak",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "កុងតាក់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seuwichi",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "스위치"
    },
    {
      "alt": "開閉器",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gaepyegi",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "개폐기"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ajıratkıc",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "ажыраткыч"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "öcürgüc",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "өчүргүч"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sa wit fai",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "ສວິດໄຟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sa wit fai",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "ສະຫວິດໄຟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slēdzis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jungiklis"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "eswichi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prekinuvač",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прекинувач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "suis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "pana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "untraalga",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "унтраалга"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "neeleg",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "нээлэг"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "untaraɣalg-a",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠤᠨᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "negegelge",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠨᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠭᠡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bryter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brytar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vijjuppavāhaniyāmaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "suič",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "سویچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kalid",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "کلید"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wyłącznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przełącznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łącznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interruptor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chave"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "comutator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "întrerupător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyključátelʹ",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "выключа́тель m on/off"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereključátelʹ",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "переключа́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ključ",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ключ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прекѝда̄ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prekìdāč"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spínač"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prepínač"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stikalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interruptor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "swichi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "strömbrytare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brytare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "kabtol"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "vaslkunak",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "васлкунак"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kalid",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "калид"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "svicci",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "స్విచ్చి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-wít",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "สวิตช์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "anahtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "şalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "wyklýuçatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "çybyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vymykáč",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вимика́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peremykáč",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перемика́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ključ",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ключ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "suvic",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سُوِیچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "vikluchatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "xivchin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "chiviq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "ngắt điện"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "công tắc"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "word": "đóng ngắt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "device to turn electric current on and off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "switsh"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "word": "punt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pikë"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "slakʿ",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "word": "սլաք"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "mištaḥlpānūtā",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܦܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "strélka",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стрэ́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "strélka",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стре́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agulla"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "word": "點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diǎn",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "word": "点"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "výhybka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wissel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "word": "vaihde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aiguille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aiguillage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Weiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "word": "cambio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ladhróg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scambio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶんきき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bunkiki",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "word": "分岐器"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pointeu",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "word": "포인트"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pārmija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svrtnica",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свртница"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sporveksel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sporveksel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zwrotnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aparelho de mudança de via"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agulha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "macaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strélka",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стре́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скре́тница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skrétnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kretnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aguja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "växel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "word": "nokta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "strílka",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стрі́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cledren droi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "troblat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "movable section of railroad track",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iard drefnu"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čipot",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "word": "ճիպոտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "šabūṭā",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܫܲܒܘܼܛܵܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "sıbıq",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "word": "сыбыҡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gǎ́vkava prǎ́čka",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гъ́вкава пръ́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "word": "spitsroede"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "twijg"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "word": "vergo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "word": "vitsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "word": "piiska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "badine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spießrute"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verga"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žagars"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pračka",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прачка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tašuur",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ташуур"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "houssinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prylestokk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vergasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "açoite"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vergea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlyst",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хлыст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rózga",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́зга"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ко̀рба̄ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kòrbāč"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "latigazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spö"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mái-riao",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "word": "ไม้เรียว"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ffon"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "thin rod used as a whip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwialen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interruptor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opció"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "přepínač"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "word": "lippu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "word": "argumentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "word": "vipu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "word": "valitsin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "commutateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parametro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argomento"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svitsj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "switch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "command line notation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "växel"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kamutátar",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "камута́тар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "komutátor",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "комута́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "word": "puhelinkeskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "word": "puhelinvaihde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "word": "vaihde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "word": "keskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "commutateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centralino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "razvod",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "развод"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sentral"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "switch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "central telefónica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "central telefônica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "centrală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "comutator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "word": "selector"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kommutátor",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коммута́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скло̏пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sklȍpka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "växel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "komutátor",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "комута́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "word": "xivchin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "word": "chuyển mạch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "switsh"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kamutátar",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "камута́тар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "suíč",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "суи́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "přepínač"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "word": "enkursigilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "word": "kytkin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "commutateur réseau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Switch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verteiler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Netzwerkweiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "switch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "word": "switch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "word": "comutador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "comutator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kommutátor",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коммута́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "word": "switch"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conmutador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "switch"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-wít",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "word": "สวิตช์"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "komutátor",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "комута́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "word": "bộ chuyển mạch"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "word": "thiết bị chuyển mạch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "networking device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "switsh"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone willing to switch roles in BDSM",
      "word": "plurrolulo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "switch"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "abide"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "endure"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "last"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "remain"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "stay"
    }
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    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Georgian translations",
    "Requests for review of Interlingua translations",
    "Requests for review of Malayalam translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪtʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪtʃ/1 syllable",
    "en:Anger",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "code-switch"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch codes"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch gears"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch tack"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch teams"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch up"
    },
    {
      "word": "swtich out"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "swijch",
        "4": "",
        "5": "twig"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "1592"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in c. 1592.",
      "name": "etydate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”). First attested in c. 1592.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "switches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "switching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "switched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "switched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "switch (third-person singular simple present switches, present participle switching, simple past and past participle switched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "hot-swap"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "swap in"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "swap out"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "trade"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "reciprocate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly)",
          "text": "A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "I want to switch this red dress for a green one.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exchange."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exchange",
          "exchange"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To exchange."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Switch the light on.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change (something) to the specified state using a switch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To whip or hit with a switch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
        ],
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in modern times Southern US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I want to switch to a different seat.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change places, tasks, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "angry",
          "angry"
        ],
        [
          "suddenly",
          "suddenly"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ],
        [
          "unreasonably",
          "unreasonably"
        ],
        [
          "enraged",
          "enraged"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to switch a cane"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To swing or whisk."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The angry cat's tail switched back and forth."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be swung or whisked."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1811, Walter Nicol, The Planters Kalendar",
          "text": "Switch and clip thorn and other deciduous hedges.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To trim."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trim",
          "trim"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English ecclesiastical terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To shift to another circuit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circuit",
          "circuit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ecclesiastical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 February 18 (last accessed), “Heather Lombardi”, in The Dancing Fools",
          "text": "Feel free to ask her to follow, lead, or switch!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take on",
          "take on"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "follower",
          "follower"
        ],
        [
          "partner dance",
          "partner dance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/swɪt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪtʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-switch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/En-us-switch.ogg/En-us-switch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/En-us-switch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "swĭch"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "interchange"
    },
    {
      "word": "swap"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "commute"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "counterchange"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "exchange"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "replace"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "shift"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "substitute"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "switch"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:switch",
      "word": "transpose"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʿoxel",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "փոխել"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "šaḥlip",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "ܫܲܚܠܸܦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmenjam",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "разменям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "canviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàitì",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "代替"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "換"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huàn",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "换"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "交換"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāohuàn",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "交换"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qǔdài",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "取代"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tìdài",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "替代"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "vyměnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "interŝanĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "vaihtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "échanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "tauschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "austauschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "allázo",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "αλλάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hekhlíf",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "החליף"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "scambiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "torikaeru",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "取り換える"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkan suru",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "交換する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "razmenuva",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "разменува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "smenuva",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "сменува"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "tukar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "whakawhiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "whakawhitiwhiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "trocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "schimba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "vymeniť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "intercambiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "cambiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "byta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "ändra"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-làp",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "สลับ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bplìian",
      "sense": "to exchange",
      "word": "เปลี่ยน"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʿoxarkel",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "փոխարկել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prevključvam",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "превключвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "commutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "english": "to switch / turn off",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "zhasnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "english": "to switch / turn on",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "rozsvítit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "note": "Moravian dialect",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "rožnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "ŝalti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "kytkeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "commuter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "schalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "excambiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "commutare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tirikaeru",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "切り替える"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šalta",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "шалта"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prešaltuva",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "прешалтува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "takahuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to electrical devices",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "whakakā"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "souitchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "switch on",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "ligar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "switch off",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "desligar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "comuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "växla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "koppla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "knäppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "stänga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "slå"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "släcka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to change (something) to the specified state using a switch",
      "word": "tända"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "jaġkel",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "ձաղկել"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "šāḇēṭ",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "ܫܵܒ݂ܹܛ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bija",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "бия"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šibam",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "шибам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "vergi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "piiskata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "antaa piiskaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "fouetter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "commutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "picchiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "vergastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "açoitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "slå"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to hit with a switch (rod)",
      "word": "piska"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smenjam",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "сменям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "canviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "vaihtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "changer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "wechseln"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "cambiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "cambiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "passare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "migrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tirikaeru",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "切り替える"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "smenuva",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "сменува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "razmenuva",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "разменува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "takahuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "trocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "mudar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "schimba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to change places or tasks",
      "word": "byta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "switch"
}

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    "English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Georgian translations",
    "Requests for review of Interlingua translations",
    "Requests for review of Malayalam translations",
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    "en:Anger",
    "en:Hair"
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    },
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      "word": "regular"
    }
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      "name": "bor"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "switch off"
    },
    {
      "word": "switch on"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Snowboarding"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snowboarding",
          "snowboarding#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "snowboarding",
        "sports"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Skiing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to skiing backwards."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skiing",
          "skiing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "freestyle skiing",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/swɪt͡ʃ/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪtʃ"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/En-us-switch.ogg",
      "tags": [
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    }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Snowboarding",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "switch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Snowboarding",
      "word": "switch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Skiing",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "switch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Skiing",
      "word": "switch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "switch"
}

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