Switch Off

Definition: Switch Off

Switch Off

Verb

1. Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Switch Off

Cessation

Intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-string, pull the plug on.

At some point were you planning to ask me if its okay if you switch off nights with Casey? (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls)

I'm sorry, is it ok if I switch off nights with Casey? (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Switch On, Switch Off (Let'S-Read-And-Find-Out Science Books) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Business

Suppliers of highly energy efficient lighting lamps and fixtures should expect increasing demand, especially for control devices such as key tag or infrared room controls that switch off unneeded power. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "switch off": switch off the electricity ♦ switch off the light. Additional references.

Afrikaans

afskakel (cut, cut a connection, shut, shut off, stop, switch, turn off), afsit (amputate, depose, deposit, deprive, dismiss, halt, put off, shut, shut off, stop, switch, take, take off, turn off). (various references)

Albanian

ndërpre, ftoh (chill, cool, gelation, grow cool, quench, refrigerate), fik (destroy, douse, extinguish, fig, fig tree, out, ruin, slake, turn off, ungear, wipe out), fal (amnesty, condone, excuse, forgive, give, give away, incline, lend, pardon, pray, remit, set). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قطع تيار, ‏أطفأ (blow out, douse, extinguish, go out, put out, quench, snuff out, stamp out, turn off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сменям тактиката, отклонявам в друга линия, прекъсвам (break in, break off, catch up, cease, cut, discontinue, halt, intercept, interpose, interrupt, open, pretermit, quit, release, stop, throw out), преминавам на друга тема. (various references)

Czech

zhasnout (black out, douse, fizzle out, go off, go out, pack up, snuff out, turn off, turn out), vypnout (cut off, turn off, uncouple, unwind), odpojit (cut off, detach, disconnect, uncouple, unplug). (various references)

Danish

afbryde (break, cut, cut a connection, interrupt, shut off, stop, turn off). (various references)

Dutch

stopzetten (shut off, stop, turn off), stilzetten (halt, shut off, stop, turn off), uitzetten (cut, cut a connection, shut off, stop, turn off), uitschakelen (cut, cut a connection, eliminate, shut off, stop, turn off), buiten werking stellen (shut off, stop, turn off), afzetten (amputate, amputation, depose, deposit, deprive, dismiss, fit out, fleece, garnish, put off, shut off, stop, take off, trim, turn off). (various references)

Esperanto

malfunkciigi (shut off, stop, turn off), malŝalti (shut off, stop, turn off). (various references)

Finnish

sammuttaa (extinguish, put out, quench, turn off). (various references)

French

fermer, arrêter, éteindre. (various references)

German

ausschalten (deactivate, disconnect, eliminate, kill, oust, power down, put off, put out, shut off, shut out, to disable, to discard, to disconnect, to switch off, to turn off, turn off, uncouple), abstellen (bring to an end, cut off, disconnect, gear, intercept, order off, Park, put away from, put down, put off, release, second, shut off, stop, to cut off, to intercept, to park, to suppress, to switch off, to turn off, turn off, turn out). (various references)

Greek 

σβήνω (blow out, burn out, delete, die out, erase, extinguish, fade away, faint, go out, obliterate, put out, quench, rub out, slake, snuff, snuff out, turn off, wipe out). (various references)

Hungarian

lekapcsol (to uncouple, to unhitch, turn off), kikapcsol (cut off, declutch, incapacitate, shut off, to cut out, to disengage, to incapacitate, to shut off, to switch off, to trip, to turn off, to unclasp, to uncouple, to unhitch, to unhook, unclasp, ungear), elzár (close, cut off, dam, debar, lock up, mew, obstruct, obturate, occlude, seclude, shut in, shut off, shut up, to block, to bung, to bung up, to caulk, to choke up, to clog, to confine, to debar, to immure, to list, to mew, to obliterate, to obturate, to occlude, to seclude, to shut away, to shut in, to shut off, to shut out, to strangulate, to turn off, turn off). (various references)

Indonesian

mematikan (mortal, off, turn off). (various references)

Italian

spegnere (be extinguished, blow out, cut off, die down, douse, extinguish, fade, go out, pass away, put, put off, put out, quench, shut off, slake, snuff, stub out, turn out). (various references)

Manx

mooghey (blank off, blot out, blow out, choking, damp, drown, dull, expire, extinction, extinguish, gulp back, hold back, hush up, jam, quench, shut off, stamp out, stifle, suppress, turn off), moogh, dooney yn slattag. (various references)

Pig Latin

itchsway offay

Portuguese

desligar (break, detach, disconnect, hang up, out, separate, shut off, turn off, unbind, unlink, unplug, untie). (various references)

Romanian

tãia (amputate, ax, axe, butcher, cancel, carve, carve out, castrate, chop, clap, cleave, clip, crop, cross, Curdle, cut, cut on the bias, Dent, dissect, engrave, excise, exscind, fell, flench, foul, grave, hew, incise, intercept, kill, measure off, notch, notch off, pare, plough, prune, quarter, resect, rip, Rive, separate, sever, shear, shorten, shut the works down, slaughter, slay, slice, snick, split, Square, stop, strike out), întrerupe (adjourn, break, break in, break off an engagement, call off, catch, check, cut, discontinue, drop, intermit, interrupt, shut off, stop, suspend). (various references)

Russian 

выключать ток (break contact), выключить. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ugasiti (douse, extinguish, put out, quench, slake, snuff, turn off, turn out). (various references)

Spanish

parar (arrest, bring to, bring up, catch, cease, check, come to a halt, cut, decide, deter, end, end up, get, give up, gum up, halt, hold up, interrupt, lead, Parry, pull up, put up, save, set, shut off, stand up, stay, stop, stop to think, stopping, tie up, trap, turn away, turn off, ward off), desconectar (cut off, disable, discard, disconnect, eleminate, put off, shut off, tune out, turn off, unlink, wind down). (various references)

Swedish

stänga av (cut, cut off, disable, disconnect, kill, shut off, turn off, unload). (various references)

Turkish

söndürmek (attenuate, damp, damp down, dampen, deflate, douse, dowse, extinguish, hydrate, kill, put out, quench, slack, slacken, slake, snuff out, suffocate, trample out, turn off, turn out), kapatmak (ante up, buy up, cap, clear, close, close down, close up, cloud, cover, enclose, furl, impound, incarcerate, inclose, intern, interrupt, liquidate, obturate, occlude, put up, seal, seal off, shut, shut down, shut off, shut to, shut up, wall). (various references)

Turkmen 

цзьrmek (put out, turn down a light). (various references)

Ukrainian

роз'�"днувати телефонного абонента, вимикати струм, давати відбій (ring off). (various references)

Zulu

-vala (close, shut, shut off, stop, turn off). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: cowfish.

-3 letters: fifths, howffs, offish, soffit, switch, whiffs.

-4 letters: chits, chows, coffs, coifs, fifth, fitch, foist, hoist, howff, howfs, scoff, shift, stich, stiff, stoic, swift, swith, tiffs, toffs, whiff, whist, whits, witch.

-5 letters: chis, chit, chow, cist, coff, coft, coif, cosh, cost, cots, cows, fico, fisc, fish, fist, fits, foci, hist, hits, host, hots.