shift

B2
Pronunciation
/ʃɪft/
/ʃɪft/
Noun
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

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).

2 Definition

A type of women's undergarment, a slip.

Example Sentences
  • Just last week she bought a new shift at the market.
3 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.
4 Definition

An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

Example Sentences
  • There was a shift in the political atmosphere.
5 Definition

The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.

Example Sentences
  • Does it come with a stick-shift?
6 Definition

A bit shift.

7 Definition

The infield shift.

Example Sentences
  • Teams often use the shift against this lefty.
8 Definition

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

9 Definition

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

10 Definition

A trick, an artifice.

11 Definition

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

12 Definition

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

13 Definition

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

14 Definition

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

Verb
17 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.
2 Definition

To change in form or character; swap.

3 Definition

To change position.

Example Sentences
  • His political stance shifted daily.
4 Definition

To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.

Synonyms
move
Example Sentences
  • We are shifting to America next month.
5 Definition

To change (clothes, especially underwear).

6 Definition

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

7 Definition

To change gears (in a car).

Example Sentences
  • I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.
8 Definition

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

9 Definition

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

10 Definition

To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.

Example Sentences
  • Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100.
11 Definition

To remove the first value from an array.

12 Definition

To dispose of.

Example Sentences
  • How can I shift a grass stain?
13 Definition

To hurry.

Example Sentences
  • If you shift, you might make the 2:19.
14 Definition

To engage in sexual petting.

15 Definition

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

16 Definition

To practice indirect or evasive methods.

17 Definition

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