gearshift, gearstick, shifter, gear lever
(noun) a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears; “in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever”
sceneshifter, shifter
(noun) a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shifter (plural shifters)
One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
(linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
(dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
(nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
(engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
(engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
(cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
(mining, historical) A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
(US, Pennsylvania) A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
(mythology, science fiction, fantasy) A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.
(erotica) A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.
• (shapeshifter): See shape-shifter.
• reshift
Source: Wiktionary
Shift"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener. 'T was such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down. Milton.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
3. (Mach.) (a) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another. (b) (Knitting Mach.) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 June 2025
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
