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Shift - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Shift : (noun)
1: an event in which something is displaced without rotation
[syn: displacement]
2: a qualitative change [syn: transformation, transmutation]
3: the time period during which you are at work [syn: work
shift, duty period]
4: the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his
switch on abortion cost him the election" [syn: switch,
switching]
5: the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant
shifting disrupted the class" [syn: shifting]
6: (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" [syn: fault, geological
fault, fracture, break]
7: a group of workers who work for a specific period of time
8: a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: chemise, shimmy,
slip, teddies, teddy]
9: a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders
without a waist [syn: chemise, sack]
(verb)
1: make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we
switched" [syn: switch, change over]
2: change place or direction; "Shift one's position" [syn: dislodge,
reposition]
3: move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets
to a pocket in his jacket" [syn: transfer]
4: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: stir, budge,
agitate]
5: move from one setting or context to another; "shift the
emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
6: change in quality; "His tone shifted"
7: move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class
reunion"
8: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out
of control" [syn: careen, wobble, tilt]
9: move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" [syn:
lurch, pitch]
10: use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all
ther letters are written in lower case"
11: change phonetically as part of a systematic historical
change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
12: change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep
hill"
13: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a
different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists";
"The car changed lanes" [syn: switch, change]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Shift : \Shift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shifting.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change,
remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to
divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to
shift, to change, Dan skifte, Sw. skifta, and probably to
Icel. sk[=i]fa to cut into slices, as n., a slice, and to E.
shive, sheave, n., shiver, n.]
1. To divide; to distribute; to apportion. [Obs.]
To which God of his bounty would shift Crowns two of
flowers well smelling. --Chaucer.
2. To change the place of; to move or remove from one place
to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to
another; to shift the blame.
Hastily he schifte him[self]. --Piers
Plowman.
Pare saffron between the two St. Mary's days, Or set
or go shift it that knowest the ways. --Tusser.
3. To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to
turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.
Carrying the oar loose, [they] shift it hither and
thither at pleasure. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
4. To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and
to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to
shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
I would advise you to shift a shirt. --Shak.
5. To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively. [Obs.]
As it were to ride day and night; and . . . not to
have patience to shift me. --Shak.
6. To put off or out of the way by some expedient. ``I
shifted him away.'' --Shak.
To shift off, to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.
To shift the scene, to change the locality or the
surroundings, as in a play or a story.
Shift the scene for half an hour; Time and place are
in thy power. --Swift.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shift : \Shift\, n. [Cf. Icel skipti. See Shift, v. t.]
1. The act of shifting. Specifically:
(a) The act of putting one thing in the place of another,
or of changing the place of a thing; change;
substitution.
My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of
air. --Sir H.
Wotton.
(b) A turning from one thing to another; hence, an
expedient tried in difficalty; often, an evasion; a
trick; a fraud. ``Reduced to pitiable shifts.''
--Macaulay.
I 'll find a thousand shifts to get away.
--Shak.
Little souls on little shifts rely. --Dryden.
2. Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's
under-garment; a chemise.
3. The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a
spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work
in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.
4. In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the
overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed
in courses so as to break joints.
5. (Mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a
fault.
6. (Mus.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger
board, in playing the violin.
To make shift, to contrive or manage in an exigency. ``I
shall make shift to go without him.'' --Shak.
[They] made a shift to keep their own in Ireland.
--Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shift :
Scalable Heterogeneous Integrated Facility Testbed. A
parallel processing project at CERN.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Shift |
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MommaJohnny: I think I work third Shift. It would be nice to someday sleep when Mr Sunshine does... Nap time soon? I can only hope... |
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alyrah: barely got through a 4 hour Shift at work AND whacked into a parked car. I'm putting this down as an off day. |
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x_lizzilollipop: My sleeping patterns are fucked this week. I blame night Shift, uni, my cousin, Kirsty and crap movies. Atleast breakfast is good, I s'pose. |
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