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shift noun
Meaning : The act of moving from one place to another.
Example :
His constant shifting disrupted the class.
Synonyms : shifting
Meaning : (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
Example :
They built it right over a geological fault.
He studied the faulting of the earth's crust.
Synonyms : break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault
Meaning : A crew of workers who work for a specific period of time.
Meaning : The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters.
Synonyms : shift key
shift verb
Meaning : Make a shift in or exchange of.
Example :
First Joe led; then we switched.
Synonyms : change over, switch
Meaning : Change place or direction.
Example :
Shift one's position.
Synonyms : dislodge, reposition
Meaning : Move around.
Example :
Transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket.
Synonyms : transfer
Meaning : Move from one setting or context to another.
Example :
Shift the emphasis.
Shift one's attention.
Meaning : Change in quality.
Example :
His tone shifted.
Meaning : Move and exchange for another.
Example :
Shift the date for our class reunion.
Meaning : Use a shift key on a keyboard.
Example :
She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case.
Meaning : Change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.
Example :
Grimm showed how the consonants shifted.
Meaning : Change gears.
Example :
You have to shift when you go down a steep hill.
