Switch:
verb (used with object)
1.
to whip or beat with a switch or the like; lash: He switched the boy with a cane.
2.
to move, swing, or whisk (a cane, a fishing line, etc.) with a swift, lashing stroke.
3.
to shift or exchange: The two girls switched their lunch boxes.
4.
to turn, shift, or divert: to switch conversation from a painful subject.
5.
Electricity. to connect, disconnect, or redirect (an electric circuit or the device it serves) by operating a switch (often fol. by off or on): I switched on a light.
6.
Railroads.
a.
to move or transfer (a train, car, etc.) from one set of tracks to another.
b.
to drop or add (cars) or to make up (a train).
7.
Movies, Television. to shift rapidly from one camera to another in order to change camera angles or shots.
–verb (used without object)
8.
to strike with or as with a switch.
9.
to change direction or course; turn, shift, or change.
10.
to exchange or replace something with another: He used to smoke this brand of cigarettes, but he switched.
11.
to move or sway back and forth, as a cat's tail.
12.
to be shifted, turned, etc., by means of a switch.
13.
Basketball. to execute a switch.
14.
Bridge. to lead a card of a suit different from the suit just led by oneself or one's partner.