switchedadj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of tail
docked1408
stug-tailed1575
curtal1576
curtailed1591
bushya1609
bobbed1658
undocked1677
flisk1680
rat-tailed1684
strunted1688
bob1709
cocktailed1763
switched1769
cocked1775
nick-tailed1840
1769 Stratford Jubilee i. i. 8 The full tailed blacks, and the switched roans.
2. ppl. adj. Of cream: Whipped. Also, of an egg. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [adjective] > whipped
swungc1467
cast1597
whipped1673
milled1766
beatc1817
creamed1892
switched1909
1909 Brown & Polson's Corn-Flour Recipe Bk. 26 When cold, turn out and serve with switched cream.
1931 A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle iii. ix. 602 I'm to have a switched egg.
3.
a. Of a mechanism: turned on or off by a switch. Also figurative.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [adjective] > other
overhead1682
step by step1803
belt-tightening1873
throw-out1883
planetary1904
preselective1925
silky1935
servomechanical1946
servoing1959
switched1962
quartz-locked1977
1962 Listener 28 June 1131/1 His characters were understandably so permanently switched on that their moments of crisis were brought about by the small talk of others.
1968 P. Marlowe Hire me a Hearse vii. 101 He hung up the picture with the switched-off mike.
1968 Listener 25 July 127/2 The screen of a switched-on television.
1974 J. Wainwright Evidence I shall Give i. 9 The switched-on light would emphasise the possible importance of..the one room..with the light still burning.
1977 Times 15 Aug. 2/1 Switched-off heating in every unoccupied room.
b. switched-on: aware of all that is considered fashionable and up to date. Cf. turned-on adj. at turned adj. Compounds. Less frequently, in contrast, switched-off. slang.
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the mind > attention and judgement > unfashionableness > [adjective]
infashionable1640
unfashionable1660
unmodishc1665
unpolite1741
démodé1871
naff1964
switched-off1964
out1966
schleppy1966
dorky1970
dorked-out1974
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > fashion-conscious or following fashion
fashion-monging1600
fashionable1609
fashionly1613
modish1652
mody1701
knowing1768
fadding1864
downtown1914
cool1918
fashion-conscious1951
switched-on1964
trendoid1979
fresh1984
kewl1990
1964 House & Garden Nov. 78/2 I..want..to open a department store which caters for switched-on people.
1966 Punch 29 June 946/1 But nowhere have I come across a word of guidance for the ‘out’ crowd—the vast, non-swinging, switched off, palateless, utterly without-it lot who dominate the community.
1967 N. Fitzgerald Affairs of Death viii. 141 They must be more switched on than I gave them credit for being.
1970 D. Devine Illegal Tender ii. 25 Her mother wasn't switched on, she knew nothing of modern fashion.
1972 C. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia xxv. 153 The fine beautiful free life. The switched-on scene.
1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) iv. iii. 302 She had delivered the tapes to that switched-on black woman who worked for a newspaper.
1982 London Rev. Bks. 4 xxiv. 7/2 What Amis's sprezzatura is saying is that most of his readers are out of touch, old fogies, Prufrock retreads, switched-off.
4. adj.ppl. adj.Having a switch; obtained by switching; subjected to switching.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > device to open or close circuit > [adjective]
switched1961
1961 IBM Jrnl. Res. & Devel. 5 93 A phase reversal data transmission system is described, capable of operating at 2000 bauds over private telephone lines and at 1200 bauds over switched networks.
1971 Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) iii. vi. 12 Switched beam direction finder.
1971 Physics Bull. Oct. 612/3 The instrument can be used for checking all types of digital logic... Three switched frequency ranges are standard (0–50 kHz, 0–500 kHz, 0–5 MHz).
1974 P. K. Harvey & K. J. Bohlman Stereo F.M. Radio Handbk. v. 106 (caption) Mullard switched decoder.
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