Definition of shifts Shifts
/ʃɪˈfts/ - [shifts] -
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What does shifts mean?
Wiktionary 
- shifts (Noun)
Plural of shift.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: shifts |
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| shift - the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" | ||
| shifting | ||
| move, motion, movement the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer" | ||
| shift - the time period during which you are at work | ||
| work shift, duty period | ||
| hours an indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours" | ||
| workday, working day the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage; "they work an 8-hour day" | ||
| tour, go, spell, turn a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" | ||
| trick a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" | ||
| watch a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe | ||
| day shift workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) | ||
| swing shift, evening shift workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight) | ||
| graveyard shift, night shift workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) | ||
| shift - an event in which something is displaced without rotation | ||
| displacement | ||
| translation the act of uniform movement | ||
| amplitude greatness of magnitude | ||
| shift - a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time | ||
| work party, crew, gang the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.) | ||
| manpower, men, work force, workforce, hands the force of workers available | ||
| day watch, day shift workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) | ||
| evening shift workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight) | ||
| graveyard shift, night shift workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) | ||
| shift - a qualitative change | ||
| transformation, transmutation | ||
| alteration, modification, change the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | ||
| betterment, improvement, advance an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility | ||
| population shift a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population | ||
| pyrolysis transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat | ||
| sea change a profound transformation | ||
| sublimation (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable | ||
| tin disease, tin pest, tin plague the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures | ||
| changeover, transition, conversion a passage that connects a topic to one that follows | ||
| retrogression, degeneration passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | ||
| strengthening the act of increasing the strength of something | ||
| shift - the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" | ||
| switch, switching | ||
| change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" | ||
| shift - (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" | ||
| fault, faulting, geological fault, fracture, break | ||
| scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure, crack a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) | ||
| geology a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks | ||
| fault line (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface | ||
| inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other | ||
| shift - the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters | ||
| shift key | ||
| key metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated | ||
| shift - a woman's sleeveless undergarment | ||
| chemise, shimmy, slip, teddy | ||
| undergarment, unmentionable a garment worn under other garments | ||
| shift - a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | ||
| chemise, sack | ||
Verb |
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| shift - change place or direction; "Shift one's position" | ||
| dislodge, reposition | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| beat down dislodge from a position; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price" | ||
| shift - move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| transplant, transpose, transfer place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | ||
| shift - move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion" | ||
| substitute, interchange, replace, exchange put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" | ||
| shift - change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" | ||
| switch, change, shift make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" | ||
| shift - change in quality; "His tone shifted" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| shift - change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| phonetics the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis | ||
| shift - use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case" | ||
| typewrite, type identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed" | ||
| shift - move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" | ||
| transfer | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| transpose change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?" | ||
| shunt transfer to another track, of trains | ||
| carry continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" | ||
| shuffle mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" | ||
| transship transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another | ||
| bunker hit a golf ball into a bunker | ||
| carry forward, carry over transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another | ||
| remove, transfer remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | ||
| translocate move from one place to another, especially of wild animals; "The endangered turtles were translocated to a safe environment" | ||
| shift - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" | ||
| switch, change | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| commute, exchange, change, convert exchange a penalty for a less severe one | ||
| transition make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another); "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro" | ||
| shift move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion" | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| channel-surf, surf switch channels, on television | ||
| leap, jump pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" | ||
| diphthongise, diphthongize change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic" | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| shift - make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" | ||
| switch, change over | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| back strengthen by providing with a back or backing | ||
| veer shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered" | ||
| shift - move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" | ||
| lurch, pitch | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| shift - move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" | ||
| careen, wobble, tilt | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| shift - move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" | ||
| stir, budge, agitate | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
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Wiktionary
- shift (Noun)
A type of women's undergarment, a slip. - shift (Noun)
A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time. - shift (Noun)
An act of shifting; a slight movement or change. - shift (Noun)
The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle. - shift (Noun)
Alternative spelling of the modifier button of computer keyboards. - shift (Noun)
A bit shift . - shift (Noun)
The infield shift . - shift (Noun)
The act of sexual petting. - shift (Noun)
A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail. - shift (Noun)
A trick, an artifice. - shift (Noun)
In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc. , that are placed in courses so as to break joints. - shift (Noun)
A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault. - shift (Verb)
To change, swap. - shift (Verb)
To move from one place to another; to redistribute. - shift (Verb)
To change position. - shift (Verb)
To change one's clothes; also to change someone's underclothes. - shift (Verb)
To change gears in a car. - shift (Verb)
To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate. - shift (Verb)
To remove the first value from an array. - shift (Verb)
To dispose of. - shift (Verb)
To hurry. - shift (Verb)
To engage in sexual petting. - shift (Verb)
To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage. - shift (Verb)
To practice indirect or evasive methods.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- shift (v. t.)
To divide; to distribute; to apportion. - shift (v. t.)
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. - shift (v. t.)
To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails. - shift (v. t.)
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. - shift (v. t.)
To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively. - shift (v. t.)
To put off or out of the way by some expedient. - shift (v. t.)
The act of shifting. - shift (v. t.)
The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. - shift (v. t.)
Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise. - shift (v. t.)
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. - shift (v. t.)
In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints. - shift (v. t.)
A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault. - shift (v. t.)
A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To change the position of something or someone. -
shift
To move slightly.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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shift, v.t. to change in form or character: to put out of the way: to dress in fresh clothes.—v.i. to change about: to remove: to change one's clothes: to resort to expedients for some purpose: in violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.—n. a change: in violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut: a squad or relay of men: a contrivance: an artifice: last resource: a chemise or woman's undermost garment (orig. signifying a change of body-linen).—adj. Shift′able, capable of being shifted.—ns. Shift′er, one who shifts: a trickster; Shift′iness, the character of being shifty.—adj. Shift′ing, unstable: shifty.—adv. Shift′ingly.—adj. Shift′less, destitute of shifts or expedients: unsuccessful, for want of proper means.—adv. Shift′lessly.—n. Shift′lessness.—adj. Shift′y, full of, or ready with, shifts, contrivances, or expedients.—Shift about, to vacillate: to turn quite round to the opposite point; Shift for one's self, to provide for one's self; Shift of crops, rotation of crops; Shift off, to defer: to put away.—Make shift, to find ways and means of doing something, contrive. [A.S. sciftan, to divide, Ice. skipta.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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In ship-building, when one butt of a piece of timber or plank overlaunches the butt of another, without either being reduced in length, for the purpose of strength and stability.--To shift [thought to be from the Anglo-Saxon scyftan, to divide]. To change or alter the position of; as, to shift a sail, top-mast, or spar; to shift the helm, &c. Also, to change one's clothes.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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In a military sense, to change place or station. Hence, to shift quarters.
