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TOGGLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("toggle" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Derivation:

toggle (fasten with, or as if with, a toggle)

toggle (provide with a toggle or toggles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A hinged switch that can assume either of two positions

Synonyms:

on-off switch; on/off switch; toggle; toggle switch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("toggle" is a kind of...):

electric switch; electrical switch; switch (control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toggle"):

DIP switch; dual inline package switch ((computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware; used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user)

Derivation:

toggle (release by a toggle switch)

toggle (provide with a toggle or toggles)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("toggle" is a kind of...):

command; instruction; program line; statement ((computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Release by a toggle switch

Example:

toggle a bomb from an airplane

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "toggle" is one way to...):

let go; let go of; release; relinquish (release, as from one's grip)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

toggle (a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fasten with, or as if with, a toggle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "toggle" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

toggle (a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Provide with a toggle or toggles

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "toggle" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

toggle (a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable))

toggle (a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions)

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