shift
Meaning
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- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (obsolete) A share, a portion assigned on division.
- A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- A bit shift.
- An infield shift.
- The act of kissing passionately.
- A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.
- A trick, an artifice.
- The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- (slang) be done; ruined
Synonyms
move aside
modification
transmutation
place elsewhere
switch over
duty period
change position
work shift
change state
geological fault
turn off
unwedge
be touched
be transferred
be uncertain
negociate
rub away
be considerate
change jobs
flow swiftly
be influenced
parallel displacement
night duty
displase
change place
move slightly
veer around
slide over
swing around
speed change
cross joint
turn of work
travel distance
variable speed
re-locate
time of work
in shifts
move remove
non-uniform velocity
radio watch
velocity variation
varying speed
deviation dispersion
oblique setting
mould shift
transit move
transfer dislocate transfer evacuate
barter away
compensate for
operating crew
prevaricate
swing about
take the place of
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃɪft/
Etymology
From Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”). Cognate with Scots schift, skift (“to shift”), West Frisian skifte, skiftsje (“to sort”), Dutch schiften (“to sort, screen, winnow, part”), German schichten (“to stack, layer”), Swedish skifta (“to shift, change, exchange, vary”), Norwegian skifte (“to shift”), Icelandic skipta (“to switch”). See ship.
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