shift

shift: v

1. change direction, Naut. tack; move from one person to another, pass; move around, swerve around, get by, get around, outmaneuver.

2.Usu. shift for

manage by oneself, make it on one's own, stand on one's own two feet, paddle one's own canoe, fend for oneself, take care of oneself, go it-alone; get along, make do, get by, scrape by or along.

3. change gears, downshift.

4. change, exchange, make an exchange, commute, transpose, interchange, switch, swap, trade or trade in, substitute, replace.

5. transfer, relocate, move, send from one place to another, reassign; move around, rearrange, change around, change the place or position of, alter, vary.

n

6. change, change of direction; maneuver, move, swerve; transfer, relocation, reassignment; rearrangement, alteration, variation.

7. spell of work, stint.

8. expedient, device, contrivance, resource, resort; plan, scheme, strategy, strategem, Inf. wrinkle, artifice, trick, Inf. flimflam, ruse, wile, trap; subterfuge, blind, Inf. dodge, fetch; feint, deception, sleight, move, evasion, snuffle.

9. change, exchange, commutation, transposition, interchange, switch, swap, trade or trade-in, substitution, replacement.

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Synonyms:

Change, alter, move / Move, change place, change about, remove, Change / Alter, change, Expedient, contrivance, resort, resource, means / Change, vary, veer, chop, alter, Evasion, artifice, fraud, trick, stratagem, subterfuge, mask, wile, craft, device, mean refuge, chicane, chicanery, artful contrivance, ruse / Contrive, manage, plan, scheme, shuffle, devise ways and means, Chemise, smock

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Shift — generally means to change (position). Shift may refer to: * Gear shift, to change gears in a car * Shift work, an employment practice * Shift (music), a change of level in music * Shift (magazine), a former Canadian technology and culture… … Wikipedia
Shift — (sh[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shifting}.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to shift, to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shift — shift; shift·abil·i·ty; shift·able; shift·er; shift·ful; shift·i·ly; shift·i·ness; shift·less; shift·man; make·shift; blue·shift·ed; make·shift·ness; shift·less·ly; shift·less·ness; … English syllables
Shift — Shift, n. [Cf. Icel. skipti. See {Shift}, v. t.] 1. The act of shifting. Specifically: (a) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. [1913 Webster] My going to Oxford was not… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shift — Расположение клавиши Shift Shift клавиша на клавиатуре компьютера, предназначенная для ввода заглавных букв. При одновременном нажатии клавиши … Википедия
shift — ► VERB 1) move or change from one position to another. 2) Brit. informal move quickly. 3) (shift oneself) Brit. informal move or rouse oneself. 4) Brit. remove (a stain). 5) informal sell (goods) quickly or in large quantities. 6) … English terms dictionary
shift — [shift] vt. [ME schiften < OE sciftan, to divide, separate < IE * skeib > SHIP] 1. to move or transfer from one person, place, or position to another [to shift the blame] 2. to replace by another or others; change or exchange 3. to… … English World dictionary
Shift — steht für: die Umschalttaste beziehungsweise Hochstelltaste auf Tastaturen Schiften beim Segeln in der Fotografie als Shift Effekt, um Bilder perspektivisch zu entzerren, und Tilt und Shift Objektive, mit denen diese Aufgabe schon bei der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shift TV — ist ein webbasierter Dienst, der Internetnutzern seit März 2005 die Möglichkeit bietet, auf einen netzwerkbasierten TV Rekorder, der in einem Rechenzentrum steht, Programme deutscher TV Sender aufzuzeichnen. shift TV wird von der 1997 gegründeten … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shift — Shift, v. i. 1. To divide; to distribute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Some this, some that, as that him liketh shift. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shift — [n1] switch, fluctuation about face*, alteration, bend, change, changeover, conversion, deflection, deviation, displacement, double, fault, modification, move, passage, permutation, rearrangement, removal, shifting, substitution, tack, transfer,… … New thesaurus

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