SHIFT

/ʃɪft/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 10

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_shift, duty_period
  4. noun the act of changing one thing or position for another. — synonyms: switch, switching
  5. noun the act of moving from one place to another. — synonyms: shifting
  6. noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. — synonyms: fault, faulting, geological_fault, fracture, break
  7. noun a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time.
  8. noun the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters. — synonyms: shift_key
  9. noun a woman's sleeveless undergarment. — synonyms: chemise, shimmy, slip, teddy
  10. noun a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. — synonyms: chemise, sack
  11. verb make a shift in or exchange of. — synonyms: switch, change_over
  12. verb change place or direction. — synonyms: dislodge, reposition
  13. verb move around. — synonyms: transfer
  14. verb move very slightly. — synonyms: stir, budge, agitate
  15. verb move from one setting or context to another.
  16. verb change in quality.
  17. verb move and exchange for another.
  18. verb move sideways or in an unsteady way. — synonyms: careen, wobble, tilt
  19. verb move abruptly. — synonyms: lurch, pitch
  20. verb use a shift key on a keyboard.
  21. verb change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.
  22. verb change gears.
  23. verb lay aside, abandon, or leave for another. — synonyms: switch, change

Examples

  • “Just last week she bought a new shift at the market.”
  • “We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.”
  • “There was a shift in the political atmosphere.”

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