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switch
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”). First known use in c. 1592.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sw?ch, IPA(key): /sw?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Noun
switch (plural switches)
- A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- A change or exchange.
- (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.
- A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
- 2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15:
- "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.."
- 2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15:
- (music) Synonym of rute.
- (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
- Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.
- (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
- 2004, "Curt", Can I use IF statements, and still use switches? (on newsgroup microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields)
- (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.
- (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.
- (genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
- (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
- 2012, Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)
- 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.
- 2012, Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)
- (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.
Synonyms
- (section of railroad track): (UK) points
- (whip): crop
- (command-line notation): flag, option, specifier
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
switch (third-person singular simple present switches, present participle switching, simple past and past participle switched)
- (transitive) To exchange.
- (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
- (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
- (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
- (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- To swing or whisk.
- to switch a cane
- To be swung or whisked.
- The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.
- To trim.
- to switch a hedge
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
- to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another
- (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
Synonyms
- (to exchange): interchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
Translations
Adjective
switch (not comparable)
- (snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
- (freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards.
Coordinate terms
(snowboarding):
- goofy
- regular
Translations
See also
- switch off
- switch on
References
Further reading
- switch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- switch (corporal punishment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Noun
switch
- (BDSM) switch
Declension
French
Etymology
English switch
Adjective
switch
- (skiing, snowboarding) switch.
Portuguese
Etymology
From English switch.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?swit??/
Noun
switch m (plural switches or switch)
- (networking) switch (device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously)
- (computing) switch (command line notation allowing specification of optional behaviour)
- (programming) switch (construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression)
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case
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
- Hyphenation: case
Etymology 1
Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin c?sus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cad? (“to fall, to drop”).
Noun
case (plural cases)
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- (now rare) A given condition or state.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.10:
- Ne wist he how to turne, nor to what place: / Was never wretched man in such a wofull cace.
- 1726, Nathan Bailey, John Worlidge, Dictionarium Rusticum, Urbanicum & Botanicum
- Mares which are over-fat, hold with much difficulty; whereas those that are but in good case and plump, conceive with the greatest readiness and ease.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.10:
- A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
- Now, the Subject of either an indicative or a subjunctive Clause is always assigned Nominative case, as we see from:
(16) (a) ? I know [that they/*them/*their leave for Hawaii tomorrow]
(16) (b) ? I demand [that they/*them/*their leave for Hawaii tomorrow]
By contrast, the Subject of an infinitive Clause is assigned Objective case, as we see from:
(17) ? I want [them/*they/*their to leave for Hawaii tomorrow]
And the Subject of a gerund Clause is assigned either Objective or Genitive case: cf.
(18) ? I don't like the idea of [them/their/*they leaving for Hawaii tomorrow]
- Now, the Subject of either an indicative or a subjunctive Clause is always assigned Nominative case, as we see from:
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- court case
- See also Thesaurus:grammatical case
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
case (third-person singular simple present cases, present participle casing, simple past and past participle cased)
- (obsolete) to propose hypothetical cases
See also
- Appendix:Grammatical cases
References
- case on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English cas, from Old Northern French casse, (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capi? (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash.
Noun
case (plural cases)
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- A suitcase.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- Synonym: carton
Hyponyms
Translations
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
Adjective
case (not comparable)
- (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
- 2006, David Apostolico, Lessons from the Professional Poker Tour (page 21)
- If he did have a bigger ace, I still had at least six outs — the case ace, two nines, and three tens. I could also have more outs if he held anything less than A-K.
- 2006, David Apostolico, Lessons from the Professional Poker Tour (page 21)
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
Verb
case (third-person singular simple present cases, present participle casing, simple past and past participle cased)
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- 1977, Michael Innes, The Gay Phoenix, ?ISBN, page 116:
- You are in the grounds of Brockholes Abbey, a house into which a great deal of valuable property has just been moved. And your job is to case the joint for a break in.
- 2014, Amy Goodman, From COINTELPRO to Snowden, the FBI Burglars Speak Out After 43 Years of Silence (Part 2), Democracy Now!, January 8, 2014, 0:49 to 0:57:
- Bonnie worked as a daycare director. She helped case the FBI office by posing as a college student interested in becoming an FBI agent.
- 1977, Michael Innes, The Gay Phoenix, ?ISBN, page 116:
Translations
Derived terms
- case the deck
Anagrams
- ACEs, ASCE, Aces, Ceas, ESCA, SCEA, aces, aesc, esca, æsc
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???se/
Verb
casé
- (transitive) hit
Conjugation
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 263
Asturian
Verb
case
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of casar
Chinese
Alternative forms
- K?
Etymology
Borrowed from English case.
Pronunciation
Noun
case
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) case (clarification of this definition is needed)
- 2015, ???, ????????? II??????????
- ????case???????????????case?? [Cantonese, trad.]
- ni1 go3 hou2 do1 kei1 si2 gaa3. ni1 jat1 go3, zau6 hai6 zoeng1 gwok3 wing4, jau5 gam2 go3 kei1 si2 laa1. [Jyutping]
- That kind of case happens often. It happened with Leslie Cheung.
????case???????????????case?? [Cantonese, simp.]
- 2015, ???, ????????? II??????????
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin casa, in the sense of "hut, cabin". The other senses are a semantic loan from Spanish casa. Doublet of chez, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?z/
- Homophone: cases
Noun
case f (plural cases)
- (archaic, rare or regional) hut, cabin, shack
- box (on form)
- square (on board game)
Derived terms
- case départ
- case à cocher
Further reading
- “case” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- à sec
Galician
Alternative forms
- caixe
Etymology
Attested since the 15th century (quasy), from Latin quasi (“as if”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?k?s?]
Adverb
case
- almost
References
- “quasy” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “case” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “case” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “case” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ca?se
Noun
case f
- plural of casa
Anagrams
- asce, esca, seca
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?sas?/, [?t?sas?]
Noun
case
- nominative/accusative plural of cas
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *k?si, from late Proto-West Germanic *k?s?, borrowed from Latin c?seus.
Noun
câse m or n
- cheese
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- kese (eastern)
Descendants
- Dutch: kaas
- Afrikaans: kaas
- ? Sotho: kase
- ? Tswana: kase
- ? Papiamentu: keshi (from the diminutive)
- ? Sranan Tongo: kasi
- Afrikaans: kaas
- Limburgish: kieës, kees
Further reading
- “case”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “case (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Old French
Noun
case m (oblique plural cases, nominative singular cases, nominative plural case)
- (grammar) case
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ca?se
- Rhymes: -azi
Verb
case
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of casar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of casar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of casar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of casar
Romanian
Noun
case
- plural of cas?
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kase/, [?ka.se]
Verb
case
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of casar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of casar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of casar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of casar.
Venetian
Noun
case
- plural of casa
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