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SHIFT

Definition:

1. [noun] an event in which something is displaced without rotation
   Synonyms: displacement
   
   
2. [noun] a qualitative change
   Synonyms: transformation, transmutation
   
   
3. [noun] the time period during which you are at work
   Synonyms: work duty period
   
   
4. [noun] the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
   Synonyms: switch, switching
   
   
5. [noun] the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
   Synonyms: ing
   
   
6. [noun] (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"
   Synonyms: fault, geological fault, fracture, break
   
   
7. [noun] a group of workers who work for a specific period of time
   
   
8. [noun] a woman's sleeveless undergarment
   Synonyms: chemise, shimmy, slip, teddies, teddy
   
   
9. [noun] a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
   Synonyms: chemise, sack
   
   
10. [verb] make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
    Synonyms: switch, change over
    
    
11. [verb] change place or direction; "Shift one's position"
    Synonyms: dislodge, reposition
    
    
12. [verb] move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
    Synonyms: transfer
    
    
13. [verb] move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
    Synonyms: stir, budge, agitate
    
    
14. [verb] move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
    
    
15. [verb] change in quality; "His tone shifted"
    
    
16. [verb] move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"
    
    
17. [verb] move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"
    Synonyms: careen, wobble, tilt
    
    
18. [verb] move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
    Synonyms: lurch, pitch
    
    
19. [verb] use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all ther letters are written in lower case"
    
    
20. [verb] change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
    
    
21. [verb] change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
    
    
22. [verb] lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
    Synonyms: switch, change
    
    

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Related Words:

• back
• veer
• beat down
• transpose
• shunt
• carry
• shuffle
• transship
• bunker
• carry over, carry forward
• remove, transfer
• translocate
• transfer, transpose, transplant
• shift
• break
• surf, channel-surf
• leap, jump
• diphthongize, diphthongise
• cut
• break
• amplitude
• luxation
• improvement, betterment, advance
• population shift
• pyrolysis
• sea change
• sublimation
• tin pest, tin disease, tin plague
• conversion, transition, changeover
• degeneration, retrogression
• strengthening
• weakening
• go, spell, tour, turn
• trick
• watch
• day shift
• evening shift, swing shift
• night shift, graveyard shift
• split shift
• switcheroo
• Denali Fault
• inclined fault
• San Andreas Fault
• strike-slip fault
• day shift, day watch
• evening shift
• night shift, graveyard shift

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