Overview of noun shift

The noun shift has 10 senses

• shift, displacement -- (an event in which something is displaced without rotation)


• transformation, transmutation, shift -- (a qualitative change)


• shift, work shift, duty period -- (the time period during which you are at work)


• switch, switching, shift -- (the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election")


• shift, shifting -- (the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class")


• fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break -- ((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 -- (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)


• shift key, shift -- (the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters)


• chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy -- (a woman's sleeveless undergarment)


• chemise, sack, shift -- (a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist)

Overview of verb shift

The verb shift has 13 senses

• switch, change over, shift -- (make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched")


• shift, dislodge, reposition -- (change place or direction; "Shift one's position")


• transfer, shift -- (move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket")


• stir, shift, budge, agitate -- (move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat")


• shift -- (move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention")


• shift -- (change in quality; "His tone shifted")


• shift -- (move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion")


• careen, wobble, shift, tilt -- (move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control")


• lurch, pitch, shift -- (move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left")


• shift -- (use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case")


• shift -- (change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted")


• shift -- (change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill")


• switch, shift, change -- (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes")