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verblay aside, abandon, or leave for another
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nounthe act of changing one thing or position for anothertype of:
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verbmove sideways or in an unsteady waytype of:
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verbmove around
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verbchange place or direction
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nounthe time period during which you are at work
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noun(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
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verbmake a shift in or exchange of
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verbmove abruptlytype of:
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nouna loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
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nounan event in which something is displaced without rotation
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nounthe key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
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"his constant shifting disrupted the class"nounthe act of moving from one place to another
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nouna qualitative change
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"He shifted in his seat"verbmove very slightlytype of:
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nouna crew of workers who work for a specific period of timetype of:part of:
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"you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"verbchange gears
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"His tone shifted"verbchange in qualitytype of:
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"Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"verbchange phonetically as part of a systematic historical changetype of:
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"shift the date for our class reunion"verbmove and exchange for anothertype of:
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"shift the emphasis" "shift one's attention"verbmove from one setting or context to another
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"She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"verbuse a shift key on a keyboard
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go back move turn watch change cut break hours fault key dress type carry jump gang trick crew tour remove switch crack movement spell exchange advance transfer slip motion replace teddy pitch sack translation surf stir leap substitute transplant bunker alter improvement transformation transition switching fracture budge relay shifting shuffle veer tilt conversion modify frock weakening shifty lurch strengthening displacement modification shimmy wobble cleft agitate crevice alteration betterment degeneration dislodge interchange fissure reposition shunt transmutation displace unmentionable shifter transpose undergarment switcheroo amplitude faulting chemise pyrolysis retrogression typewrite changeover sublimation careen channel-surf diphthongise diphthongize translocate carry over transship carry forward beat down duty period work shift night shift graveyard shift evening shift day shift split shift swing shift geological fault scissure inclined fault strike-slip fault change over luxation shift key tin disease tin plague population shift sea change tin pest work party day watch