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Definition of Shift
1. Noun. An event in which something is displaced without rotation.
2. Verb. Make a shift in or exchange of. "First Joe led; then we switched"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Back, Veer
Derivative terms: Switch, Switching
3. Verb. Change place or direction. "Shift one's position"
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Specialized synonyms: Beat Down
Derivative terms: Shifting
4. Noun. A qualitative change.
Generic synonyms: Alteration, Change, Modification
Specialized synonyms: Advance, Betterment, Improvement, Population Shift, Pyrolysis, Sea Change, Sublimation, Tin Disease, Tin Pest, Tin Plague, Changeover, Conversion, Transition, Degeneration, Retrogression, Strengthening, Weakening
5. Verb. Move around. "Transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Specialized synonyms: Transpose, Shunt, Carry, Shuffle, Transship, Bunker, Carry Forward, Carry Over, Remove, Transfer, Translocate
Derivative terms: Transferrer
6. Noun. The time period during which you are at work.
Generic synonyms: Hours
Group relationships: Workday, Working Day
Specialized synonyms: Go, Spell, Tour, Turn, Trick, Watch, Day Shift, Evening Shift, Swing Shift, Graveyard Shift, Night Shift, Split Shift
7. Verb. Move very slightly. "The streets shift with crowds"; "He shifted in his seat"
8. Noun. The act of changing one thing or position for another. "His switch on abortion cost him the election"
Generic synonyms: Change
Specialized synonyms: Switcheroo
Derivative terms: Switch, Switch, Switch, Switch, Switch, Switch
9. Verb. Move from one setting or context to another. "Shift one's attention"
10. Noun. The act of moving from one place to another. "His constant shifting disrupted the class"
11. Verb. Change in quality. "His tone shifted"
12. Noun. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. "He studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
Category relationships: Geology
Terms within: Fault Line
Generic synonyms: Cleft, Crack, Crevice, Fissure, Scissure
Specialized synonyms: Denali Fault, San Andreas Fault
Specialized synonyms: Inclined Fault, Strike-slip Fault
Derivative terms: Break, Fracture
13. Verb. Move and exchange for another. "Shift the date for our class reunion"
14. Noun. A crew of workers who work for a specific period of time.
Specialized synonyms: Day Shift, Day Watch, Evening Shift, Graveyard Shift, Night Shift, Relay
Generic synonyms: Crew, Gang, Work Party
15. Verb. Move sideways or in an unsteady way. "The ship careened out of control"
Generic synonyms: Move
Derivative terms: Careen, Tilt, Wobble, Wobbler
16. Noun. The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters.
17. Verb. Move abruptly. "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
18. Noun. A woman's sleeveless undergarment.
Terms within: Shoulder Strap, Strap
Generic synonyms: Undergarment, Unmentionable
19. Noun. A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist.
20. Verb. Use a shift key on a keyboard. "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"
21. Verb. Change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change. "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
22. Verb. Change gears. "You have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
23. Verb. Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another. "The car changed lanes"
Related verbs: Change, Commute, Convert, Exchange, Change
Specialized synonyms: Transition, Break, Channel-surf, Surf, Jump, Leap, Diphthongise, Diphthongize, Cut, Break
Derivative terms: Switch
Definition of Shift
1. v. t. To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
2. v. i. To divide; to distribute.
3. n. The act of shifting.
Definition of Shift
1. Noun. (computing) A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously). ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To change, swap. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) to move from one place to another; to redistribute. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) to change position. ¹
5. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To change gears (in a car). ¹
7. Verb. (transitive computing) to manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate ¹
8. Verb. (transitive computing) to remove the first value from an array. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) to dispose of. ¹
10. Verb. (intransitive) to hurry. ¹
11. Verb. (Ireland vulgar slang) to engage in sexual petting. ¹
12. Noun. (historical) a type of women's undergarment, a slip ¹
13. Noun. a change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time ¹
14. Noun. an act of shifting; a slight movement or change ¹
15. Noun. (American English) the gear mechanism in a motor vehicle ¹
16. Noun. (alternative spelling of Shift the modifier button of computer keyboards) ¹
17. Noun. (computing) a bit shift ¹
18. Noun. (baseball) The infield shift. ¹
19. Noun. (context: Ireland crude slang often with the definite article usually uncountable) The act of sexual petting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shift
1. to move from one position to another [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Shift
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1. The act of shifting. Specifically: The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. "My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air." (Sir H. Wotton) A turning from one thing to another; hence, an expedient tried in difficalty; often, an evasion; a trick; a fraud. "Reduced to pitiable shifts." "I 'll find a thousand shifts to get away." (Shak) "Little souls on little shifts rely." (Dryden)
2. Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.
3. The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.
4. In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc, that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
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