shift

(countable, uncountable)A movement to do something, a beginning.

(countable, uncountable)An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

There was a shift in the political atmosphere.

c. 1620-1626, Henry Wotton, letter to Nicholas Pey My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air.

(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A share, a portion assigned on division.

(countable, historical, uncountable)A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.

Just last week she bought a new shift at the market.

(countable, uncountable)A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.

(countable, uncountable)A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.

We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.

Đồng nghĩa: workshift, turn of duty

(US, countable, uncountable)The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.

Does it come with a stick-shift?

(alt of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).

If you press shift-P, the preview display will change.

(countable, uncountable)(computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.

(countable, uncountable)(computing) A bit shift.

(countable, uncountable)(baseball) An infield shift.

Teams often use a shift against this lefty.

(Ireland, often, uncountable, usually)(Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.

[If] I went on dates with these two [alcohols], right, you're a deep meaningful conversation with this one, … but this one? A shift and a finger and maybe you'd go home, do you know what I mean?

(figuratively, sometimes, transitive)(transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.

We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.

Đồng nghĩa: relocate, transfer, budge, interchange, move, rearrange, redistribute, relocate, shift, stir, transfer, travel

(ergative, figuratively)(ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.

Đồng nghĩa: interchange, swap, commute, counterchange, exchange, interchange, replace, shift, substitute, swap, switch, transpose, convert, develop, draw, evolve, metamorphize, metamorphose, reconvert, shift, transfigurate, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, transume

(figuratively, intransitive, reflexive, sometimes)(intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.

She shifted slightly in her seat.

His political stance shifted daily.

We were hoping he could shift himself to take care of the problem, but he couldn't be shifted.

Đồng nghĩa: reposition

(India, intransitive)To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.

We are shifting to America next month.

Đồng nghĩa: move, relocate

(obsolete, transitive)To change (clothes, especially underwear); to change the clothes of.

'Tis very good to wash his hands and face often, to shift his clothes, to have fair linen about him, to be decently and comely attired […].

(obsolete, reflexive, transitive)To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.

(intransitive)To change gears (in an automobile).

I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.

(typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.

(computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.

(transitive)(transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.

Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100.

(transitive)(transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).

(transitive)To dispose of, remove.

How can I shift a grass stain?

Đồng nghĩa: get rid of, remove, junk, 86, bin, can, cast aside, cast off, cast away, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, dispose of, ditch, dump, get rid of, jettison, pitch, scrap, shift, throw aside, throw away, throw out, toss, trash