Shift

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
  • (v. t.) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.
  • (v. t.) To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.
  • (v. t.) To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
  • (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
  • (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.
  • (v. t.) The act of shifting.
  • (v. t.) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.
  • (v. t.) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.
  • (v. t.) The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.
  • (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
  • (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
  • (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.

Compare shift with other words:

shift vs. sift

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evacuate vs. shift

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migrating vs. shift

glide vs. shift

push vs. shift

remove vs. shift

migration vs. shift

shift vs. unshiftable

key vs. shift

function vs. shift

shift vs. sway

drift vs. shift

labour vs. shift

shift vs. transfer

shift vs. shuffle

gap vs. shift

discrepancy vs. shift

alternation vs. shift

alter vs. shift

incorruptible vs. shift

harmonizer vs. shift

shift vs. slosh

shift vs. shifting

primary vs. shift

expedient vs. shift

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budge vs. shift

machinist vs. shift

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shift vs. smock

evasion vs. shift

dissolve vs. shift

haul vs. shift

relief vs. shift

deflect vs. shift

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seam vs. shift

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gear vs. shift

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array vs. shift

rotate vs. shift

binary vs. shift

digit vs. shift

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move vs. shift

core vs. shift

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late vs. shift

content vs. shift

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shift vs. transport

half vs. shift

call vs. shift

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