shift

shift: [ʃɪft]

verb

1》 move or change or cause to move or change from one position to another.

    ↘move one's body slightly due to discomfort.

2》 change the emphasis, direction, or focus of: she's shifting the blame on to me.

3》 Brit. informal move quickly.

    ↘(shift oneself) move or rouse oneself.

    ↘remove (a stain).

    ↘sell (merchandise) quickly or in large quantities.

    ↘eat or drink hastily or in large amounts.

4》 chiefly N. Amer. change gear.

5》 archaic be evasive.

noun

1》 a slight change in position, direction, or tendency.

2》 a key used to switch between two sets of characters or functions on a keyboard.

3》 N. Amer. a gear lever or gear-changing mechanism.

4》 Building the positioning of successive rows of bricks so that their ends do not coincide.

5》 each of two or more periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay.

    ↘a group of people who work in this way.

6》 a straight dress that hangs from the shoulders and is not fitted at the waist.

    ↘historical a long, loose undergarment.

7》 archaic an ingenious or devious device or stratagem.

Phrases

make shift dated manage or contrive to do something.

shift for oneself manage alone as best one can.

shift one's ground change one's position in an argument.

Derivatives

shiftable adjective

shifter noun

Origin

OE sciftan 'arrange, divide, apportion' (also ME, 'change, replace'), of Gmc origin.

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Synonyms:

Change, alter, move / Move, change place, change about, remove, Change / Alter, change, Expedient, contrivance, resort, resource, means / Change, vary, veer, chop, alter, Evasion, artifice, fraud, trick, stratagem, subterfuge, mask, wile, craft, device, mean refuge, chicane, chicanery, artful contrivance, ruse / Contrive, manage, plan, scheme, shuffle, devise ways and means, Chemise, smock

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Shift — generally means to change (position). Shift may refer to: * Gear shift, to change gears in a car * Shift work, an employment practice * Shift (music), a change of level in music * Shift (magazine), a former Canadian technology and culture… … Wikipedia
Shift — (sh[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shifting}.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to shift, to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shift — shift; shift·abil·i·ty; shift·able; shift·er; shift·ful; shift·i·ly; shift·i·ness; shift·less; shift·man; make·shift; blue·shift·ed; make·shift·ness; shift·less·ly; shift·less·ness; … English syllables
Shift — Shift, n. [Cf. Icel. skipti. See {Shift}, v. t.] 1. The act of shifting. Specifically: (a) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. [1913 Webster] My going to Oxford was not… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shift — Расположение клавиши Shift Shift клавиша на клавиатуре компьютера, предназначенная для ввода заглавных букв. При одновременном нажатии клавиши … Википедия
shift — ► VERB 1) move or change from one position to another. 2) Brit. informal move quickly. 3) (shift oneself) Brit. informal move or rouse oneself. 4) Brit. remove (a stain). 5) informal sell (goods) quickly or in large quantities. 6) … English terms dictionary
shift — [shift] vt. [ME schiften < OE sciftan, to divide, separate < IE * skeib > SHIP] 1. to move or transfer from one person, place, or position to another [to shift the blame] 2. to replace by another or others; change or exchange 3. to… … English World dictionary
Shift — steht für: die Umschalttaste beziehungsweise Hochstelltaste auf Tastaturen Schiften beim Segeln in der Fotografie als Shift Effekt, um Bilder perspektivisch zu entzerren, und Tilt und Shift Objektive, mit denen diese Aufgabe schon bei der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shift TV — ist ein webbasierter Dienst, der Internetnutzern seit März 2005 die Möglichkeit bietet, auf einen netzwerkbasierten TV Rekorder, der in einem Rechenzentrum steht, Programme deutscher TV Sender aufzuzeichnen. shift TV wird von der 1997 gegründeten … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shift — Shift, v. i. 1. To divide; to distribute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Some this, some that, as that him liketh shift. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shift — [n1] switch, fluctuation about face*, alteration, bend, change, changeover, conversion, deflection, deviation, displacement, double, fault, modification, move, passage, permutation, rearrangement, removal, shifting, substitution, tack, transfer,… … New thesaurus

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