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verb
- (transitive) to switch (each of two things)
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- (intransitive) to swap or change places
- (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
- (transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
- (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary
- cause to change places
- give to, and receive from, one another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
noun
- (countable) A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
- A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange.
- (countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
- (countable, uncountable) An act of interchanging.
- (rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
- mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
- a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
noun
- A toggle switch.
- a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
- An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
- (nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
- A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
- (skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.
- A fastener that has flaps that align vertically to penetrate a surface and then spread out to secure the fastener in position, e.g. a molly bolt.
- (in particular, fashion) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
- any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
- a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)
verb
verb
- (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
- To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
- (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- To be swung or whisked.
- (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
- (sports, transitive) To move (the ball or equivalent) from one side of the playing area to the other.
- (intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
- (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
- (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
- To trim.
- To swing or whisk.
- (transitive) To exchange.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- make a shift in or exchange of
- exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- flog with or as if with a flexible rod
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
adj
noun
- A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- (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.
- (especially BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
- (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.
- (sports) A play in which the ball (or equivalent) is moved from one side of the playing area to the other.
- A change or exchange.
- (music) Synonym of rute.
- (genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
- (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
- (rail transport, US, Philippines) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
- (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
- (multiplicity slang) The process of the currently fronting headmate changing; an instance of this.
- (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.
- (card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
- A long, slender woody plant stem or a flexible, thin rod used as a whip to administer corporal punishment in the United States.
- (slang, metonymic) A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.
- (firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch.
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
- railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
- a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
- a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
noun
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
- depression of a button on a computer mouse
intj
verb
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- produce a click
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
verb
- cause to operate by flipping a switch
- to evoke sexual feelings
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- become hostile towards
- produce suddenly or automatically
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- be contingent on
- (transitive) To aim at.
- (transitive) To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
- (intransitive, slang) To take drugs.
- (intransitive, of a device) To start operating; to power up, to become on.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
- (transitive) To rebel against; to suddenly attack.
- (transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
- (transitive) To sexually arouse.
- (transitive) To introduce (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement).
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).
- (intransitive) To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
noun
- a switch that is used to select among alternatives
- a person who chooses or selects out
- (Australia, historical) A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.
- (Internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
- (music) A disc jockey.
- (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
- (computing) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
- (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
- Someone or something which selects or chooses.
verb
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- give to, and receive from, one another
- hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
- (transitive) To trade or barter.
- (transitive, figurative) To mutually direct at each other.
- (law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange contracts.
- (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
- (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
noun
- a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
- (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
- chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
- (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
- a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- the act of giving something in return for something received
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- (finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
- (usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
- (telephony) A central office.
- A conversation.
- (law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange of contracts.
- (biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
- An act of exchanging or trading.
- A place for conducting trading.
- (telephony) The portion of a telephone number that represents (or formerly represented) a central office.
- (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
verb
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- put something back where it belongs
- take the place or move into the position of
- substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
- (transitive, rare) To place again.
- (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- (transitive) To take over the position or role from.
- (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back.
- (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of.
- (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
- (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.
- (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
verb
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- be a substitute
- act as a substitute
- (transitive, in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.
- (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
- (transitive, formerly proscribed, often in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", sometimes "substitute X for Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
- (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
- (transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
adj
noun
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
- A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
- (economics) Abbreviation of substitute good.
- A substitute teacher.
- (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
adj
- capable of reversing or being reversed
- capable of being reversed
- capable of being reversed or used with either side out
- capable of assuming or producing either of two states
- (of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
- (thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
- (chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
- Able to be reversed.
- (physics, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
- (law) Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.
noun
verb
noun
adj
- capable of being changed
- making or willing to make concessions
- able to flex; able to bend easily
- bending and snapping back readily without breaking
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
- Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
- Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
- Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
noun
noun
- (communication, uncountable) Initialism of time-driven switching.
- (spectroscopy) Initialism of thermal desorption spectroscopy.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of transaction data store.
- (physics, countable) Initialism of topological Dirac semi-metal.
- (medicine) Initialism of testicular dysgenesis syndrome.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of tabular data stream.
- (water supply) Initialism of total dissolved solids.
- (taxation) Initialism of tax deducted at source.
- (publishing, R&D, uncountable) Initialism of technical documentation service.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump delusional syndrome.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump derangement syndrome.
phrase
noun
- (electronics) Initialism of electronic switching system.
- Initialism of euthyroid sick syndrome.
- (statistics) Initialism of explained sum of squares.
- (electricity) Abbreviation of energy storage system.
- (evolutionary theory) Initialism of evolutionarily stable strategy
- Initialism of employee self-service.
- (television) Initialism of electronic still store.
- Initialism of earth system science.
name
noun
- (computer networking) virtual switching system
- (measurement, chemistry) volatile suspended solids
- (aviation, space science) Virgin SpaceShip — spaceship prefix for Virgin Galactic spacelines
- (automotive engineering) vehicle speed sensor
- (mathematics) variable structure system
- Initialism of visual snow syndrome
name
symbol
noun
- The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
- (television, film) A backdrop.
- (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
- The mounting of a horse or other animal.
- Support, especially financial.
- A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- the act of providing approval and support
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
adj
verb
verb
- (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
- (intransitive) To leave a road; to exit.
- (transitive) To repulse, disgust, or discourage (someone).
- (intransitive, of a machine, etc.) To become deactivated; to become powered down.
- (transitive) To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas.
- cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
- make a turn
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
noun
- A toggle switch.
- a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
- An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
- (nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
- A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
- (skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.
- A fastener that has flaps that align vertically to penetrate a surface and then spread out to secure the fastener in position, e.g. a molly bolt.
- (in particular, fashion) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
- any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
- a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)
verb
noun
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
- depression of a button on a computer mouse
intj
verb
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- produce a click
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
noun
- a switch that is used to select among alternatives
- a person who chooses or selects out
- (Australia, historical) A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.
- (Internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
- (music) A disc jockey.
- (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
- (computing) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
- (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
- Someone or something which selects or chooses.
noun
- (communication, uncountable) Initialism of time-driven switching.
- (spectroscopy) Initialism of thermal desorption spectroscopy.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of transaction data store.
- (physics, countable) Initialism of topological Dirac semi-metal.
- (medicine) Initialism of testicular dysgenesis syndrome.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of tabular data stream.
- (water supply) Initialism of total dissolved solids.
- (taxation) Initialism of tax deducted at source.
- (publishing, R&D, uncountable) Initialism of technical documentation service.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump delusional syndrome.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump derangement syndrome.
phrase
noun
- (electronics) Initialism of electronic switching system.
- Initialism of euthyroid sick syndrome.
- (statistics) Initialism of explained sum of squares.
- (electricity) Abbreviation of energy storage system.
- (evolutionary theory) Initialism of evolutionarily stable strategy
- Initialism of employee self-service.
- (television) Initialism of electronic still store.
- Initialism of earth system science.
name
noun
- (computer networking) virtual switching system
- (measurement, chemistry) volatile suspended solids
- (aviation, space science) Virgin SpaceShip — spaceship prefix for Virgin Galactic spacelines
- (automotive engineering) vehicle speed sensor
- (mathematics) variable structure system
- Initialism of visual snow syndrome
name
symbol
noun
- The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
- (television, film) A backdrop.
- (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
- The mounting of a horse or other animal.
- Support, especially financial.
- A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- the act of providing approval and support
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
adj
verb
verb
- (transitive) to switch (each of two things)
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- (intransitive) to swap or change places
- (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
- (transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
- (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary
- cause to change places
- give to, and receive from, one another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
noun
- (countable) A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
- A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange.
- (countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
- (countable, uncountable) An act of interchanging.
- (rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
- mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
- a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
verb
- (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
- To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
- (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- To be swung or whisked.
- (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
- (sports, transitive) To move (the ball or equivalent) from one side of the playing area to the other.
- (intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
- (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
- (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
- To trim.
- To swing or whisk.
- (transitive) To exchange.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- make a shift in or exchange of
- exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- flog with or as if with a flexible rod
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
adj
noun
- A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- (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.
- (especially BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
- (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.
- (sports) A play in which the ball (or equivalent) is moved from one side of the playing area to the other.
- A change or exchange.
- (music) Synonym of rute.
- (genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
- (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
- (rail transport, US, Philippines) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
- (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
- (multiplicity slang) The process of the currently fronting headmate changing; an instance of this.
- (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.
- (card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
- A long, slender woody plant stem or a flexible, thin rod used as a whip to administer corporal punishment in the United States.
- (slang, metonymic) A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.
- (firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch.
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
- railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
- a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
- a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
verb
- cause to operate by flipping a switch
- to evoke sexual feelings
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- become hostile towards
- produce suddenly or automatically
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- be contingent on
- (transitive) To aim at.
- (transitive) To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
- (intransitive, slang) To take drugs.
- (intransitive, of a device) To start operating; to power up, to become on.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
- (transitive) To rebel against; to suddenly attack.
- (transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
- (transitive) To sexually arouse.
- (transitive) To introduce (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement).
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).
- (intransitive) To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
verb
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- give to, and receive from, one another
- hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
- (transitive) To trade or barter.
- (transitive, figurative) To mutually direct at each other.
- (law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange contracts.
- (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
- (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
noun
- a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
- (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
- chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
- (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
- a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- the act of giving something in return for something received
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- (finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
- (usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
- (telephony) A central office.
- A conversation.
- (law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange of contracts.
- (biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
- An act of exchanging or trading.
- A place for conducting trading.
- (telephony) The portion of a telephone number that represents (or formerly represented) a central office.
- (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
verb
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- put something back where it belongs
- take the place or move into the position of
- substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
- (transitive, rare) To place again.
- (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- (transitive) To take over the position or role from.
- (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back.
- (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of.
- (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
- (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.
- (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
verb
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- be a substitute
- act as a substitute
- (transitive, in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.
- (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
- (transitive, formerly proscribed, often in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", sometimes "substitute X for Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
- (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
- (transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
adj
noun
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
- A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
- (economics) Abbreviation of substitute good.
- A substitute teacher.
- (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
noun
- A toggle switch.
- a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
- An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
- (nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
- A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
- (skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.
- A fastener that has flaps that align vertically to penetrate a surface and then spread out to secure the fastener in position, e.g. a molly bolt.
- (in particular, fashion) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
- any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
- a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)
verb
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
- (intransitive) To leave a road; to exit.
- (transitive) To repulse, disgust, or discourage (someone).
- (intransitive, of a machine, etc.) To become deactivated; to become powered down.
- (transitive) To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas.
- cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
- make a turn
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
adj
- capable of reversing or being reversed
- capable of being reversed
- capable of being reversed or used with either side out
- capable of assuming or producing either of two states
- (of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
- (thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
- (chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
- Able to be reversed.
- (physics, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
- (law) Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.
noun
adj
- capable of being changed
- making or willing to make concessions
- able to flex; able to bend easily
- bending and snapping back readily without breaking
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
- Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
- Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
- Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.