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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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"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
Examples of shift
- "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
- "He shifted in his seat"
- "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
- "His tone shifted"
- "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
- "shift the date for our class reunion"
- "shift the emphasis"
- "shift one's attention"
- "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"