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Definitions for shift

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  • The act of moving from one place to another

  • The act of changing one thing or position for another

  • A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

  • A woman's sleeveless undergarment

  • The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

  • An event in which something is displaced without rotation

  • A qualitative change

  • A crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

  • (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

  • The time period during which you are at work

  • Make a shift in or exchange of

  • Move and exchange for another

  • Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

  • Move from one setting or context to another

  • Change in quality

  • Change gears

  • Change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

  • Use a shift key on a keyboard

  • Change place or direction

  • Move very slightly

  • Move around

  • Move abruptly

  • Move sideways or in an unsteady way

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