Shift meanings. All definitions of Shift

verb with object shift to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas. 1

verb with object shift to transfer from one place, position, person, etc., to another: to shift the blame onto someone else. 1

verb with object shift Automotive. to change (gears) from one ratio or arrangement to another. 1

verb with object shift Linguistics. to change in a systematic way, especially phonetically. 1

verb without object shift to move from one place, position, direction, etc., to another. 1

verb without object shift to manage to get along or succeed by oneself. 1

verb without object shift to get along by indirect methods; use any expediency, trick, or evasion to get along or succeed: He shifted through life. 1

verb without object shift to change gears in driving an automobile. 1

verb without object shift Linguistics. to undergo a systematic, especially phonetic, change. 1

verb without object shift to press a shift key, as on a typewriter keyboard. 1

verb without object shift Archaic. to change one's clothes. 1

noun shift a change or transfer from one place, position, direction, person, etc., to another: a shift in the wind. 1

noun shift a person's scheduled period of work, especially the portion of the day scheduled as a day's work when a shop, service, office, or industry operates continuously during both the day and night: She prefers the morning shift. 1

noun shift a group of workers scheduled to work during such a period: The night shift reported. 1

noun shift Baseball. a notable repositioning by several fielders to the left or the right of their normal playing position, an occasional strategy against batters who usually hit the ball to the same side of the field. 1

noun shift Automotive. a gearshift. 1

noun shift Clothing. a straight, loose-fitting dress worn with or without a belt. a woman's chemise or slip. 1

noun shift Football. a lateral or backward movement from one position to another, usually by two or more offensive players just before the ball is put into play. 1

noun shift Mining. a dislocation of a seam or stratum; fault. 1

noun shift Music. a change in the position of the left hand on the fingerboard in playing a stringed instrument. 1

noun shift Linguistics. a change or system of parallel changes that affects the sound structure of a language, as the series of related changes in the English vowel system from Middle English to Modern English. a change in the meaning or use of a word. Compare functional shift. 1

noun shift an expedient; ingenious device. 1

noun shift an evasion, artifice, or trick. 1

noun shift change or substitution. 1

noun shift Bridge. shift bid. 1

noun shift Agriculture. any of successive crops. the tract of land used. 1

noun shift an act or instance of using the shift key, as on a typewriter keyboard. 1

idioms shift shift gears. gear (def 19). 1

transitive verb shift move 1

transitive verb shift change: gear 1

noun shift period of work 1

noun shift movement 1

noun shift computer keyboard: key for uppercase 1

noun shift group of workers 1

noun shift change, alteration 1

noun Definition of shift in Technology Scalable Heterogeneous Integrated Facility Testbed. A parallel processing project at CERN. 1

noun shift gear stick 1

noun shift dress 1

noun shift linguistic change 1

noun shift fault in rock 1

intransitive verb shift hurry 1

intransitive verb shift change gear 1

intransitive verb shift press the shift key 1

abbreviation SHIFT sell 1

transitive verb shift transfer 1

transitive verb shift exchange 1

verb shift If you shift something or if it shifts, it moves slightly. 0

verb shift If someone's opinion, a situation, or a policy shifts or is shifted, it changes slightly. 0

verb shift Shift is also a noun. 0

verb shift If someone shifts the responsibility or blame for something onto you, they unfairly make you responsible or make people blame you for it, instead of them. 0

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