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shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | change, switch |
| Has types | break, transition, surf, leap, jump, channel-surf, cut, diphthongise, diphthongize |
| Verb group | commute, change, convert, exchange |
shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | switch, switching |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | switcheroo |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | transfer |
| Type of | displace, move |
| Has types | shunt, shuffle, transpose, translocate, transfer, remove, carry over, transship, carry, carry forward, bunker |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dislodge, reposition |
| Type of | move, displace |
| Has types | beat down |
| Derivation | shifting |
shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | duty period, work shift |
| Type of | hours |
| Has types | night shift, graveyard shift, tour, evening shift, day shift, go, watch, spell, split shift, turn, trick, swing shift |
shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault |
| Type of | crack, scissure, cleft, fissure, crevice |
| Has types | inclined fault, strike-slip fault |
shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | displacement |
| Type of | translation |
| Has types | amplitude, luxation |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | transformation, transmutation |
| Type of | modification, change, alteration |
| Has types | tin disease, tin plague, betterment, changeover, conversion, degeneration, advance, improvement, weakening, population shift, pyrolysis, retrogression, sea change, strengthening, sublimation, transition, tin pest |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | chemise, shimmy, slip, teddy |
| Type of | undergarment, unmentionable |
shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | work party, gang, crew |
| Has types | day shift, graveyard shift, evening shift, relay, night shift, day watch |
Examples of shift
shift
Street creep can sometimes cause pavement to shift more than 5 inches, she said.
From the stltoday.com
The fight will shift to the Senate, where the Democrats retain a small majority.
From the sacbee.com
The team made progress after his 24-hour shift, he said, without giving details.
From the bloomberg.com
John Erskine left the game after a 1 minute, 3 second shift early in the second.
From the washingtontimes.com
This culinary non sequitur is an abrupt shift in style and makes no sense to me.
From the sacbee.com
Gorman and County Manager Harry Jones both called the potential shift worrisome.
From the charlotteobserver.com
When history decides to shift, people are always looking in the wrong direction.
From the sfgate.com
Some car manufacturers, meanwhile, may shift operations to deal with the crisis.
From the sfgate.com
Something started to shift in that girl who couldn't wait to leave her hometown.
From the post-gazette.com
- An event in which something is displaced without rotation
- Switch: make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
- Change place or direction; "Shift one's position"
- Transformation: a qualitative change
- The time period during which you are at work
- Transfer: move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
- The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. There are typically two shift keys, on the left and right sides of the row below the home row. ...
- Shift is an album by a Swedish Grindcore band Nasum released in 2004. This is the last studio album Nasum released, due to the death of Mieszko Talarczyk from the tragic 2004 Tsunami, followed by the disbanding of Nasum.
- The term chemise or shift can refer to the classic smock, or else can refer to certain modern types of women's undergarments and dresses. ...
