Definitions For Shift

noun

• The act of changing one thing or position for another
• The act of moving from one place to 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
• A qualitative change
• An event in which something is displaced without rotation
• 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
• A change in position or direction
• A change in how something is done or how people think about something
• A group of people who work together during a scheduled period of time

verb

• Make a shift in or exchange of
• Move and exchange for another
• Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
• Change gears
• Move from one setting or context to another
• Change in quality
• Change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
• Use a shift key on a keyboard
• Move abruptly
• Change place or direction
• Move sideways or in an unsteady way
• Move very slightly
• Move around
• To move or to cause (something or someone) to move to a different place, position, etc.
• To change or to cause (something) to change to a different opinion, belief, etc.
• To go or to cause (something) to go from one person or thing to another