shift

Meaning of shift

verb
  1. move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.
    a team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house
    the roof cracked and shifted
  2. change gear in a vehicle.
    she shifted down to fourth
  3. be evasive or indirect.
    they know not how to shift and rob as the old ones do
noun
  1. a slight change in position, direction, or tendency.
    a shift in public opinion
  2. each of two or more recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay.
    Anne was on the night shift
  3. a woman's straight unwaisted dress.
  4. an ingenious or devious device or stratagem.
    the thousand shifts and devices of which Hannibal was a master

Old English sciftan ‘arrange, divide, apportion’, of Germanic origin; related to German schichten ‘to layer, stratify’. A common Middle English sense ‘change, replace’ gave rise to shift (sense 3 of the noun) (via the notion of changing one's clothes) and shift (sense 2 of the noun) (via the concept of relays of workers).

Information about shift

  • The plural form of shift is: shifts.
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Hyphenation of shift

shift

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • shift is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

shift synonyms

Meaning displacement:

displacement

Meaning transformation:

transformation, transmutation

Meaning switch:

switch, switching, change

Meaning shifting:

shifting

Meaning fault:

fault, faulting, fracture, break

Meaning chemise:

chemise, shimmy, slip, teddy, sack

Meaning dislodge:

dislodge, reposition

Meaning transfer:

transfer

Meaning stir:

stir, budge, agitate

Meaning careen:

careen, wobble, tilt

Meaning lurch:

lurch, pitch

Meaning go in a specified direction or manner; change position:

move

Meaning support and move (someone or something) from one place to another:

carry

Meaning take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship:

transport

Meaning transport or carry to a place:

convey

Meaning carry or bring with one; convey:

take

Meaning cause (someone or something) to come to a place:

bring

Meaning (of a person) carry (someone or something):

bear

Meaning carry or drag (a heavy or bulky object) with great effort:

lug

Meaning convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle:

cart

Meaning transport in a lorry or cart:

haul

Meaning go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone:

fetch

Meaning transfer to a different place or context:

transpose

Meaning move to a new place and establish one's home or business there:

relocate

Meaning change the position of:

rearrange

Meaning move (something) from its proper or usual position:

displace

Meaning move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it:

slide

Meaning an act of moving:

movement

Meaning the action of transferring something or the process of being transferred:

transference

Meaning the action or process of transporting or carrying someone or something from one place to another:

conveyance

Meaning the action of transposing something:

transposition

Meaning the action of moving to a new place and establishing one's home or business there:

relocation

Meaning place in a different position; adjust or alter the position of:

repositioning

Meaning the action or process of changing the position, time, or order of something:

rearrangement

Meaning the action or process of altering or being altered:

alteration

Meaning a small alteration or movement made to achieve a desired fit, appearance, or result:

adjustment

Meaning the action or process of adapting or being adapted:

adaptation

Meaning a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc:

amendment

Meaning give (a metal object) a different form by melting it down and reshaping it:

recasting

Meaning a change or slight difference in condition, amount, or level, typically within certain limits:

variation

Meaning the action of modifying something:

modification

Meaning the action of revising:

revision

Meaning a change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action:

reversal

Meaning the action of drawing something back or back in:

retraction

Meaning a person's fixed or allotted period of work:

stint

Meaning a continuous period of time:

stretch

Meaning a plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end:

stratagem

Meaning a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect:

scheme

Meaning deceit used in order to achieve one's goal:

subterfuge

Meaning a means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral:

expedient

Meaning a cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant:

dodge

Meaning a cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone:

trick

Meaning an action intended to deceive someone; a trick:

ruse

Meaning devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants:

wile

Meaning clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others:

artifice

Meaning a thing that deceives:

deception

Meaning a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim:

strategy

Meaning a plan, method, or trick with a particular aim:

device

Meaning a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something:

plan

Translation of shift

Words that rhyme with shift

backshift, blueshift, dayshift, downshift, floorshift, foreshift, frameshift, gearshift, loanshift, makeshift, manshift, outshift, redshift, reshift, transshift, unshift, upshift, nightshift, whift

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