SHIFT

switch, switching, shift

(noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another; “his switch on abortion cost him the election”

shift, shifting

(noun) the act of moving from one place to another; “his constant shifting disrupted the class”

chemise, sack, shift

(noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy

(noun) a woman’s sleeveless undergarment

transformation, transmutation, shift

(noun) a qualitative change

shift, displacement

(noun) an event in which something is displaced without rotation

shift

(noun) a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break

(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”; “he studied the faulting of the earth’s crust”

shift, work shift, duty period

(noun) the time period during which you are at work

switch, change over, shift

(verb) make a shift in or exchange of; “First Joe led; then we switched”

shift

(verb) move and exchange for another; “shift the date for our class reunion”

switch, shift, change

(verb) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; “switch to a different brand of beer”; “She switched psychiatrists”; “The car changed lanes”

shift

(verb) move from one setting or context to another; “shift the emphasis”; “shift one’s attention”

shift

(verb) change in quality; “His tone shifted”

shift

(verb) use a shift key on a keyboard; “She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case”

lurch, pitch, shift

(verb) move abruptly; “The ship suddenly lurched to the left”

shift, dislodge, reposition

(verb) change place or direction; “Shift one’s position”

careen, wobble, shift, tilt

(verb) move sideways or in an unsteady way; “The ship careened out of control”

stir, shift, budge, agitate

(verb) move very slightly; “He shifted in his seat”

transfer, shift

(verb) move around; “transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

Shift (plural Shifts)

(computing) A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).

Synonyms

• shift key

Etymology

Noun

shift (countable and uncountable, plural shifts)

(historical) A type of women's undergarment, a slip.

A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.

An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

(US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.

Alternative spelling of Shift.

(computing) A bit shift.

(baseball) The infield shift.

(Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.

(archaic) A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.

(archaic) A trick, an artifice.

(construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc, that are placed in courses so as to break joints.

(mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

(genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.

(music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.

Hyponyms

• blueshift

• day shift

• graveyard shift

• make shift

• night shift

• split shift

• swing shift

Verb

shift (third-person singular simple present shifts, present participle shifting, simple past and past participle shifted)

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.

(transitive, figurative) To change in form or character; swap.

(intransitive) To change position.

(intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.

Synonym: move

(obsolete, transitive) To change (clothes, especially underwear).

(obsolete, transitive, reflexive) To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.

(intransitive) To change gears (in a car).

(typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.

(computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.

(transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.

(transitive, computing) To remove the first value from an array.

(transitive) To dispose of.

(intransitive) To hurry.

(Ireland, vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual petting.

(archaic) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

To practice indirect or evasive methods.

(music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.

Synonyms

• (to change, swap): interchange, swap; See also switch

• (to move from one place to another): relocate, transfer; See also move

• (to change position): reposition

• (to dispose of): get rid of, remove; See also junk

• (to hurry): hasten, rush; See also rush

• (to engage in sexual petting): fondle, grope; see also fondle

Antonyms

• (computing): unshift

Source: Wiktionary

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Shift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shifting.] Etym: [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to shift, to change, Dan skifte, Sw. skifta, and probably to Icel. skifa to cut into slices, as n., a slice, and to E. shive, sheave, n., shiver, n.]

1. To divide; to distribute; to apportion. [Obs.] To which God of his bounty would shift Crowns two of flowers well smelling. Chaucer.

2. 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. Hastily he schifte him[self]. Piers Plowman. Pare saffron between the two St. Mary's days, Or set or go shift it that knowest the ways. Tusser.

3. To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails. Carrying the oar loose, [they] shift it hither and thither at pleasure. Sir W. Raleigh.

4. 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. I would advise you to shift a shirt. Shak.

5. To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] As it were to ride day and night; and . . . not to have patience to shift me. Shak.

6. To put off or out of the way by some expedient. "I shifted him away." Shak. To shift off, to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.

– To shift the scene, to change the locality or the surroundings, as in a play or a story. Shift the scene for half an hour; Time and place are in thy power. Swift.

Shift, v. i.

1. To divide; to distribute. [Obs.] Some this, some that, as that him liketh shift. Chaucer.

2. To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon. Shak. Here the Baillie shifted and fidgeted about in his seat. Sir W. Scott.

3. To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage. Men in distress will look to themselves, and leave their companions to schift as well as they can. L'Estrange.

4. To practice indirect or evasive methods. All those schoolmen, though they were exceeding witty, yet better teach all their followers to shift, than to resolve by their distinctions. Sir W. Raleigh.

5. (Naut.)

Definition: To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum;

– said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.

Shift, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel skipti. See Shift, v. t.]

1. The act of shifting. Specifically: (a) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air. Sir H. Wotton. (b) A turning from one thing to another; hence, an expedient tried in difficalty; often, an evasion; a trick; a fraud. "Reduced to pitiable shifts." Macaulay. I 'll find a thousand shifts to get away. Shak. Little souls on little shifts rely. Dryden.

2. Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.

3. 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.

4. In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.

5. (Mining)

Definition: A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

6. (Mus.)

Definition: A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin. To make shift, to contrive or manage in an exigency. "I shall make shift to go without him." Shak. [They] made a shift to keep their own in Ireland. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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