shift (sh ft)v. shift·ed, shift·ing, shifts v.tr. 1. To exchange (one thing) for another of the same class: shifted assignments among the students. 2. To move or transfer from one place or position to another. 3. To alter (position or place). 4. To change (gears), as in an automobile. 5. Linguistics To alter phonetically as part of a systematic historical change. v.intr. 1. To change position, direction, place, or form. 2. a. To provide for one's own needs; get along: "See me safe up: for my coming down, I can shift for myself" (Thomas More). b. To get along by tricky or evasive means. 3. To change gears, as when driving an automobile. 4. Linguistics To be altered as part of a systematic historical change. Used of speech sounds. 5. To use a shift key. n. 1. A change from one person or configuration to another; a substitution. 2. a. A group of workers that relieve another on a regular schedule. b. The working period of such a group: worked the night shift. 3. a. A means to an end; an expedient. b. A stratagem; a trick. 4. A change in direction: a shift in the wind. 5. A change in attitude, judgment, or emphasis. 6. A change in position, as: a. Music A change of the hand position in playing the violin or a similar instrument. b. Football A rearrangement of players from one formation to another just prior to the snap of the ball. c. Baseball A rearrangement of one or more fielders for improved defense against a particular hitter. d. Geology See fault. e. Computer Science Movement of characters in a register to the left or right, as of the bits in a byte. 7. An act or instance of using a shift key. 8. Physics A change in wavelength, causing a movement of a spectral band or line. 9. Linguistics a. A systematic change of the phonetic or phonemic structure of a language. b. Functional shift. 10. a. A loosely fitting dress that hangs straight from the shoulder; a chemise. b. A woman's undergarment; a slip or chemise. [Middle English shiften, from Old English sciftan, to arrange, divide.] shift  er n. |
shift
Verb
1. to move from one place or position to another
2. to pass (blame or responsibility) onto someone else: he was trying to shift the blame to me
3. to change (gear) in a motor vehicle
4. to remove or be removed: no detergent can shift these stains
5. US to change for another or others
6. Slang to move quickly
Noun
1. the act or an instance of shifting
2.
a. a group of workers who work during a specific period
b. the period of time worked by such a group
3. a method or scheme
4. a loose-fitting straight underskirt or dress [Old English sciftan]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  shift - an event in which something is displaced without rotationamplitude - (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave luxation - displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ translation - a uniform movement without rotation |
| 2. |  shift - a qualitative change alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" population shift - a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population pyrolysis - transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat sea change - a profound transformation sublimation - (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid tin disease, tin pest, tin plague - the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures retrogression, degeneration - passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form strengthening - becoming stronger weakening - becoming weaker | |
| 3. | shift - the time period during which you are at work hours - a period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours" workday, working day - the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage; "they work an 8-hour day" go, spell, tour, turn - a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" trick - a period of work or duty watch - a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty day shift - the work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) evening shift, swing shift - the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight) graveyard shift, night shift - the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) split shift - a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between | |
| 4. | shift - the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" switcheroo - a sudden unexpected switch | |
| 5. | shift - the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" | |
| 6. |  shift - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks fault line - (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface inclined fault - a geological fault in which one side is above the other strike-slip fault - a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally | |
| 7. | shift - a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time evening shift - workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight) graveyard shift, night shift - workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) relay - a crew of workers who relieve another crew | |
| 8. | shift - the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters key - a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed typewriter keyboard - a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed | |
| 9. |  shift - a woman's sleeveless undergarment shoulder strap, strap - a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag undergarment, unmentionable - a garment worn under other garments | |
| 10. | shift - a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | |
| Verb | 1. | shift - make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" back - shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" veer - shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered" |
| 2. | shift - change place or direction; "Shift one's position" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" beat down - dislodge from a position; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price" | |
| 3. |  shift - move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" transpose - transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality shunt - transfer to another track, of trains carry - transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2" shuffle - move about, move back and forth; "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS" transship - transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another bunker - transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse carry forward, carry over - transfer from one time period to the next remove, transfer - shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" translocate - transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position | |
| 4. | shift - move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | |
| 5. | shift - move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" transpose, transplant, transfer - transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | |
| 6. | shift - change in quality; "His tone shifted" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | |
| 7. | shift - move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion" interchange, substitute, replace, exchange - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" | |
| 8. | shift - move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | |
| 9. | shift - move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | |
| 10. | shift - use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case" | |
| 11. | shift - change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | |
| 12. | shift - change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" | |
| 13. | shift - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" exchange, convert, commute, change - exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" change - change clothes; put on different clothes; "Change before you go to the opera" transition - make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another); "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro" shift - change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" break - change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children" channel-surf, surf - switch channels, on television leap, jump - pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" diphthongise, diphthongize - change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic" cut - make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another" break - change directions suddenly |
shift
noun 3. change, switch, shifting, modification, alteration, displacement, about-turn, permutation, fluctuation
Translations
shift [ʃɪft] n (= change) → cambio;
(at work) → turno
a shift in demand (COMM) → un desplazamiento de la demanda
shift [ʃɪft] n (= change) → changement m (= work period); période f de travail [of workers]; équipe f, poste m
a shift in demand (Comm) → un déplacement de la demande
shift [ʃɪft] n (change) → Änderung f;
(work-period, workers) → Schicht f
vt (move) → bewegen;
(furniture) → (ver)rücken;
(stain) → herausbekommen
(wind) → drehen;
a shift in demand (Comm) → eine Nachfrageverschiebung
shift [ʃɪft] n (= change) → cambiamento; [of workers] → turno
shift in demand (COMM) → variazione f della domanda;
v shift [ʃift]
1 to change (the) position or direction (of) We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight. van rigting verander يُغَيِّر وَضْع أو مَكان премествам (се) přemístit se, obrátit se (k) flytte; skifte verschieben,umspringen αλλάζω θέση, μετακινώ, αλλάζω κατεύθυνση mover, desplazar nihutama, pöörama تغيير مكان دادن siirtää, kääntyä déplacer לְשָנוֹת כִּיווּן बदलना pomicati, premetati áthelyez; eltolódik mengubah posisi færa, flytja til spostare, spostarsi 移す ...의 위치를 바꾸다[]; 위치를 변경하다 keisti(s) pārvietot; pārvietoties mengalih van plaats (doen) veranderen skifte, flytte (på) przesuwać, przerzucać mudar a deplasa перемещать, менять направление premiestniť; obrátiť sa (na) premikati pomerati flytta [], skifta, ändra sig, slå om, växla เคลื่อนย้าย yerini değiştirmek, kımıldatmak 移動，轉變 переміщати(ся); пересувати(ся) منتقل ہونا یا کرنا đổi chỗ, di chuyển 移动，转变
2 to transfer She shifted the blame on to me. verskuif يَنْقُل، يُحَوِّل прехвърлям (се) přenést skyde abschieben μεταθέτω, μετατοπίζω traspasar, transferir lükkama انتقال دادن sysätä rejeter לְהַעֲבִיר दूसरे पर डालना prebaciti áttol mengalihkan koma yfir á, færa til spostare 転ずる (...에게) ...을 전가하다 perkelti pārcelt; (par vainu) nogrūst mengalihkan schuiven op (for)skyve, lesse over på przenosić transferir a transfera, a da (vina pe) перекладывать preniesť preložiti prebaciti skjuta (vältra) över เคลื่อนย้าย atmak, yüklemek 推委, 推託 скидати, звертати منتقل کرنا chuyển , giao 推委, 推托
3 to get rid of This detergent shifts stains. raak ontslae van يُخَلِّص مِن премахвам odstranit fjerne entfernen απομακρύνω, ξεφορτώνομαι quitar eemaldama از بين بردن poistaa enlever לְהַזִיז छुटकारा करना osloboditi se eltávolít menyingkirkan losa við, hreinsa í burt togliere 取り除く ...을 제거하다 pašalinti atbrīvoties no; (par traipiem) izņemt menanggalkan verwijderen fjerne, bli kvitt usuwać tirar a scoate ликвидировать odstrániť odstraniti otarasiti ta (få) bort กำจัด yok etmek, çıkartmak 變更 усувати, ліквідувати چھٹکارا پانا trút bỏ, trút lên 变更
n
1 a change (of position etc) a shift of emphasis. verskuiwing تَغيير وَضْع أو مكان الشيء смяна změna skift; flytning die Veränderung μετάθεση, μετατόπιση cambio muutus, nihe تغيير مكان muutos changement שִינוּי परिवर्तन promjena (mjesta, položaja) változtatás perubahan umskipti cambiamento 転換 (위치의) 변경 perkėlimas, perstatymas mainīšana; pārvietošana menukar verandering endring, skifte przesunięcie mudança schimbare перемещение zmena sprememba promena förändring, förskjutning การย้าย değişiklik, değişme, değişim 去除 переміщення, перенесення تبدیلی sự thay đổi 去除
2 a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work The night shift does the heavy work. skof فَوْج عَمَل بالمُناوَبَه смяна (работници) směna skiftehold; -hold die Schicht βάρδια turno vahetus تغيير نوبت وشيفت vuoro équipe מִשמֶרֶת पाली smjena műszak giliran vakt (squadra di turno) 交替 교대조(租) pamaina maiņa giliran ploeg skift, lag zmiana turno schimb смена zmena izmena smena skift การเปลี่ยนกะ vardiya 輪班 зміна; чергування کسی خاص باری میں کام کرنے والوں کا گروہ sự luân phiên 轮班
3 the period during which such a group works an eight-hour shift; (also adjective ) shift work. skof فَتْرَة المُناوَبَه смяна směna; na směny skift; -skift; skifteholds- die Schicht; Schicht-... βάρδια, με βάρδιες turno vahetus نوبت ؛شيفت vuoro quart de travail; (travail) par équipes מִשמֶרֶת कम्प्यूटर या टाइप राइटर पर स्थित एक कुंजी vrijeme rada jedne smjene műszak giliran vakt turno 交替勤務時間 교대제 근무시간 pamaina maiņa giliran werktijd skift zmiana turno schimb смена, рабочий день zmena; na zmeny izmena smena skift ช่วงเวลาการทำงาน vardiya süresi 輪班工作時間 робоча зміна باری کے کام کی مدت ca, kíp 轮班工作时间
adj shiftless
inefficient, lazy, or without a set purpose He's rather shiftless – he's had four jobs in six months. doelloos عَديم الحيلَه некадърен neschopný, líný uduelig unbeholfen νωθρός, ανίκανος, που δεν έχει στόχους perezoso saamatu بي دست وپا saamaton fainéant חֲסַר תוּשִייָה असमर्थ, निरुपाय lijen, nesnalažljiv élhetetlen tidak mantap latur, duglaus incapace どうしようもない 주변머리 없는 ištižęs, tingus kūtrs; slinks malas doelloos udugelig, lat, ustadig gnuśny, opieszały indolente leneş бестолковый; ленивый nešikovný; bezradný nesposoben lenj opraktisk, oduglig, lat ซึ่งไม่เต็มใจทำ beceriksiz 怠惰的 невмілий, безпорадний ٹھس، بے ترتیب lười, đụt 怠惰的
n shiftlessness
doelloosheid عَدَم وُجود الحيلَه некадърност bezmocnost uduelighed die Unbeholfenheit νωθρότητα, ανικανότητα pereza saamatus بي دست وپايي saamattomuus fainéantise עַצלוּת असमर्थता bespomoćnost, nespretnost élhetetlenség; lustaság ketidakmantapan leti, dugleysi incapacità 無策 주변머리 없음 tingumas kūtrums; slinkums kemalasan doelloosheid udugelighet, ustadighet gnuśność, opieszałość indolência lenevie беспомощность, бестолковость nešikovnosť nesposobnost lenjost opraktiskhet, oduglighet, lathet ความไม่เต็มใจทำ beceriksizlik 偷懶 безпорадність پھوہڑ پن sự lười nhác, sự đụt 偷懒
adj shifty
looking cunning and dishonest I don't trust him – he has a very shifty look. oneerlik ماكِر، مُتَقَلِّب измамен záludný upålidelig verschlagen πανούργος, ανέντιμος furtivo, sospechoso silmakirjalik حيله گر kiero sournois עַרמוּמִי शातिराना vješt, lukav sunyi licik lymskulegur ingannevole ずるい 교활한 suktas, gudrus viltīgs; blēdīgs licik onbetrouwbaar upålitelig, flakkende nie budzący zaufania, podejrzany manhoso viclean, refăcut хитрый zradný; vyhýbavý pretkan podmukao opålitlig, lömsk ซี่งมีกลอุบาย hilekâr 狡猾的 спритний; хитрий بے بھروسا quỷ quyệt, gian giảo 狡猾的
adv shiftily
oneerlik بِمَكْرٍ، بِتَقَلُّب измамно záludně upålideligt verschlagen πανούργα, ανέντιμα sospechosamente riukalikult زرنگ kierosti sournoisement בְּצוּרָה עַרמוּמִית बहानेबाजी से, धूर्तता से, चुरता से lukavo, snalažljivo ravaszul dengan licik lymskulega ingannevolmente ずる賢く 교활하게 suktai viltīgi; blēdīgi secara licik onbetrouwbaar upålitelig, flakkende podejrzanie manhosamente cu viclenie хитро zradne; vyhýbavo pretkano podmuklo opålitligt, lömskt อย่างมีกลอุบาย hilekârca 狡猾地 спритно; ненадійно غیر معتبرانہ طور پر quỷ quyệt, gian giảo 狡猾地
n shiftiness
oneerlikheid مَكْر، تَقَلُّب измамничество záludnost upålidelighed die Verschlagenheit πανουργία sospecha riukalikkus زرنگي kierous sournoiserie עַרמוּמִיוּת बहानेबाजी, धूर्तता promjenjivost, nepouzdanost ravaszság kelicikan lymska astuzia ずるさ 교활함 suktumas viltīgums; blēdīgums kelicikan onbetrouwbaarheid upålitelighet podejrzany charakter dissimulação viclenie хитрость zradnosť pretkanost podmuklost opålitlighet, lömskhet ความมีกลอุบาย hilekârlık 狡猾 спритність; ненадійність حیلہ بازی sự quỷ quyệt, sự gian giảo 狡猾
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