2. Noun. (plural of shift) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of shift) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shifts
1. shift [v] - See also: shift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shifts
Literary usage of Shifts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The relative magnitudes of the solvent shifts in benzene and pyridine for the
ring méthylène and methyl sub- stituents of each of quiñones 2-7 as compared ..."
2. Who's Minding the Kids: Child Care Arrangements Fall 1991 by Lynne W. Casper (1994)
"Use of organized child care facilities was also more prevalent for children of
women working day shifts, accounting for 30 percent of all child care ..."
3. American Fuels by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1922)
"LABOR 425—10- & 12-hour shifts (285 day shifts) 1 .Superintendent and briquet
expert, per annum $ 3000.00 1 Assistant superintendent at nights, per annum. ..."
4. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"CHAPTER V. t * The agreeable fellow-passengers.—Risks from friends picked .tp by
the wayside.— Sketches of Holland and the Dutch.—shifts while a ..."
5. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1851)
"shifts while a poor student at Leyden.—The tulip speculation.—The provident
flute.—Sojourn at Paris. ... Travelling shifts of a philosophic vagabond. ..."
6. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"The Agreeable Fellow-Passengers — Risks from Friend's Picked up by the Wayside—Sketches
of Holland and the Dutch—shifts while a Poor Student at Leyden—The ..."
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