switching : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: switching	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for switching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
switching n the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" Synonym(s): switch, switching, shift
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Switch \Switch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Switched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Switching}.] 1. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip. --Chapman. 2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane. 3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 4. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another. 5. (Eccl.) To shift to another circuit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Switching \Switch"ing\, a. & n. from {Switch}, v. {Switching engine}, a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; -- called also {switch engine}. [U.S.]