Dictionary Entry
shift
shift is a 5-letter English word with 36 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To divide; to distribute; to apportion. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 36 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.
- 4transitive verb
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.
- 5transitive verb
To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
- 6transitive verb
To put off or out of the way by some expedient.
- 7transitive verb
The act of shifting.
- 8transitive verb
The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.
- 9transitive verb
Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.
- 10transitive verb
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.
- 11transitive verb
In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- 12transitive verb
A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- 13transitive verb
A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.
- 14noun
the act of changing one thing or position for another
"his switch on abortion cost him the election"
- 15noun
the act of moving from one place to another
"his constant shifting disrupted the class"
Synonyms
- 16noun
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- 17noun
a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- 18noun
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- 19noun
a qualitative change
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- 20noun
an event in which something is displaced without rotation
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- 21noun
a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- 22noun
(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"
- 23noun
the time period during which you are at work
- 24verb
make a shift in or exchange of
"First Joe led; then we switched"
Synonyms
- 25verb
move and exchange for another
"shift the date for our class reunion"
- 26verb
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
"switch to a different brand of beer"
"She switched psychiatrists"
- 27verb
change gears
"you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
- 28verb
move from one setting or context to another
"shift the emphasis"
"shift one's attention"
- 29verb
change in quality
"His tone shifted"
- 30verb
change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
"Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
- 31verb
use a shift key on a keyboard
"She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"
- 32verb
move abruptly
"The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
- 33verb
change place or direction
"Shift one's position"
Synonyms
- 34verb
move sideways or in an unsteady way
"The ship careened out of control"
- 35verb
move very slightly
"He shifted in his seat"
- 36verb
move around
"transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
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