Shift

  • 31shift — [[t]ʃɪ̱ft[/t]] ♦♦♦ shifts, shifting, shifted 1) V ERG If you shift something or if it shifts, it moves slightly. [V n prep/adv] He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand... [V prep/adv] He shifted from foot to foot... The entire pile shifted …

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  • 32shift — shiftingly, adv. shiftingness, n. /shift/, v.t. 1. to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas. 2. to transfer from one place, position, person, etc., to another: to shift the …

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  • 33shift — Synonyms and related words: Doppler effect, aberrancy, aberration, about ship, about the bush, about face, accommodation, action, ad hoc measure, adaptation, adjustment, advance, alchemy, alter, alteration, alternate, ameliorate, amelioration,… …

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  • 34shift — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. change or move or cause to change or move from one position to another. 2 tr. remove, esp. with effort (washing won t shift the stains). 3 sl. a intr. hurry (we ll have to shift!). b tr. consume (food or drink) hastily or …

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  • 35shift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. veer, vary, change; equivocate; contrive, get along; transfer; substitute. n. change, substitution, dislocation; expedient, subterfuge, trick. See deviation, cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A change]… …

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  • 36shift — {{11}}shift (n.1) c.1300, a movement, a beginning, from SHIFT (Cf. shift) (v.). This is the sense in to make shift make efforts (mid 15c.). Meaning period of working time (originally in a mine) is attested from 1809, perhaps influenced by a N.Sea …

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  • 37shift*/ — [ʃɪft] verb I 1) [I/T] to change, or to change something Public opinion had shifted sharply to the left following the war.[/ex] The government has shifted its attention away from the fight against crime.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to move, or to move… …

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  • 38shift — [[t]ʃɪft[/t]] v. t. 1) to transfer from one place, position, person, etc., to another: to shift the blame[/ex] 2) to put aside and replace by another; change or exchange: to shift ideas[/ex] 3) aum to change (gears) from one ratio or arrangement… …

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  • 39shift — /ʃɪft / (say shift) verb (i) 1. to move from one place, position, etc., to another. 2. to manage to get along or succeed: *It was easier in these shiftless times to let things indeed shift for themselves and not count the cost or plan anything… …

  • 40shift — 01. Be careful when you re driving the truck so that the load doesn t [shift]. 02. You should [shift] your weight onto your front leg as you follow through on your slapshot. 03. Public opinion regarding the rights of homosexuals has [shifted] a… …

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