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shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
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

shift
noun
/ʃɪft/
the act of changing one thing or position for another
Type Words
Synonyms switch, switching
Type of change
Has types switcheroo

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
move sideways or in an unsteady way
Type Words
Synonyms careen, tilt, wobble
Type of move

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
move around
Type Words
Synonyms transfer
Type of displace, move
Has types shunt, shuffle, transpose, translocate, transfer, remove, carry over, transship, carry, carry forward, bunker

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
change place or direction
Type Words
Synonyms dislodge, reposition
Type of move, displace
Has types beat down
Derivation shifting

shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

shift
noun
/ʃɪft/
the time period during which you are at work
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

shift
noun
/ʃɪft/
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Type Words
Synonyms break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault
Type of crack, scissure, cleft, fissure, crevice
Has types inclined fault, strike-slip fault

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
make a shift in or exchange of
Type Words
Synonyms change over, switch
Type of change, alter, modify
Has types veer, back

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
move abruptly
Type Words
Synonyms lurch, pitch
Type of move

shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

shift
noun
/ʃɪft/
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
Type Words
Synonyms chemise, sack
Type of frock, dress

shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

shift
noun
/ʃɪft/
an event in which something is displaced without rotation
Type Words
Synonyms displacement
Type of translation
Has types amplitude, luxation

shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

shift
noun
/ʃɪft/
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
Type Words
Synonyms shift key
Type of key

shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

shift
noun
/ʃɪft/
the act of moving from one place to another
Type Words
Synonyms shifting
Type of movement, motion, move
Derivation shifty


his constant shifting disrupted the class.

shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

shift
noun
/ʃɪft/
a qualitative change
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

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
move very slightly
Type Words
Synonyms agitate, budge, stir
Type of move
Derivation shifting


He shifted in his seat.

shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

shift
noun
/ʃɪft/
a woman's sleeveless undergarment
Type Words
Synonyms chemise, shimmy, slip, teddy
Type of undergarment, unmentionable

shift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

shift
noun
/ʃɪft/
a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
Type Words
Type of work party, gang, crew
Has types day shift, graveyard shift, evening shift, relay, night shift, day watch

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
change gears
Type Words
Type of change, switch
Derivation shifter


you have to shift when you go down a steep hill.

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
change in quality
Type Words
Type of change


His tone shifted.

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
Type Words
Type of change


Grimm showed how the consonants shifted.

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
move and exchange for another
Type Words
Type of replace, exchange, interchange, substitute


shift the date for our class reunion.

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
move from one setting or context to another
Type Words
Type of modify, alter, change
Has types transplant, transpose, transfer


shift the emphasis.
shift one's attention.

shift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

shift
verb
/ʃɪft/
use a shift key on a keyboard
Type Words
Type of type, typewrite


She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case.
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.