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Found 3 items, similar to shift.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: shift alih, aplosan, bergeser, giliran, menggeser, menggeserkan, mengingsut, perbelokan, pergeseran, perubahan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shift shift n 1: an event in which something is displaced without rotation [syn: displacement] 2: a qualitative change [syn: transformation, transmutation] 3: the time period during which you are at work [syn: work shift , duty period] 4: the act of changing one thing or position for another; “his switch on abortion cost him the election” [syn: switch, switching] 5: the act of moving from one place to another; “his constant shifting disrupted the class” [syn: shifting] 6: (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” [syn: fault, geological fault , fracture, break] 7: a group of workers who work for a specific period of time 8: a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: chemise, shimmy, slip, teddies, teddy] 9: a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist [syn: chemise, sack] shift v 1: make a shift in or exchange of; “First Joe led; then we switched” [syn: switch, change over] 2: change place or direction; “Shift one's position” [syn: dislodge, reposition] 3: move around; “transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket” [syn: transfer] 4: move very slightly; “He shifted in his seat” [syn: stir, budge, agitate] 5: move from one setting or context to another; “shift the emphasis”; “shift one's attention” 6: change in quality; “His tone shifted” 7: move and exchange for another; “shift the date for our class reunion” 8: move sideways or in an unsteady way; “The ship careened out of control” [syn: careen, wobble, tilt] 9: move abruptly; “The ship suddenly lurched to the left” [syn: lurch, pitch] 10: use a shift key on a keyboard; “She could not shift so all ther letters are written in lower case” 11: change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; “Grimm showed how the consonants shifted” 12: change gears; “you have to shift when you go down a steep hill” 13: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; “switch to a different brand of beer”; “She switched psychiatrists”; “The car changed lanes” [syn: switch, change]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Shift Shift \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 change, Dan skifte, Sw. skifta, and probably to Icel. sk[=i]fa to cut into slices, as n., a slice, and to E. shive, sheave, n., shiver, n.] 1. To divide; to distribute; to apportion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To which God of his bounty would shift Crowns two of flowers well smelling. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] Hastily he schifte him[self]. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] Pare saffron between the two St. Mary's days, Or set or go shift it that knowest the ways. --Tusser. [1913 Webster] 3. To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails. [1913 Webster] Carrying the oar loose, [they] shift it hither and thither at pleasure. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [1913 Webster] I would advise you to shift a shirt. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] As it were to ride day and night; and . . . not to have patience to shift me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. To put off or out of the way by some expedient. “I shifted him away.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] To shift off, to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside. To shift the scene, to change the locality or the surroundings, as in a play or a story. [1913 Webster] Shift the scene for half an hour; Time and place are in thy power. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 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 merely for shift of air. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] (b) A turning from one thing to another; hence, an expedient tried in difficulty; often, an evasion; a trick; a fraud. “Reduced to pitiable shifts.” --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] I 'll find a thousand shifts to get away. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Little souls on little shifts rely. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster] 4. In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints. [1913 Webster] 5. (Mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mus.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin. [1913 Webster] To make shift, to contrive or manage in an exigency. “I shall make shift to go without him.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] [They] made a shift to keep their own in Ireland. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb. [1913 Webster] The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Here the Baillie shifted and fidgeted about in his seat. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 3. To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage. [1913 Webster] Men in distress will look to themselves, and leave their companions to shift as well as they can. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 4. To practice indirect or evasive methods. [1913 Webster] All those schoolmen, though they were exceeding witty, yet better teach all their followers to shift, than to resolve by their distinctions. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 5. (Naut.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted. [1913 Webster]

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