Associations to the word «Shift»

SHIFT, noun. (historical) a type of women's undergarment, a slip

SHIFT, noun. A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time

SHIFT, noun. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change

SHIFT, noun. (US) the gear mechanism in a motor vehicle

SHIFT, noun. Alternative spelling of Shift

SHIFT, noun. (computing) a bit shift

SHIFT, noun. (baseball) The infield shift.

SHIFT, noun. (Ireland) (crude slang) (often with the definite article) (usually uncountable) The act of sexual petting.

SHIFT, noun. (archaic) A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail

SHIFT, noun. (archaic) a trick, an artifice

SHIFT, noun. In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.

SHIFT, noun. (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

SHIFT, verb. (transitive) To change, swap.

SHIFT, verb. (transitive) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.

SHIFT, verb. (intransitive) To change position.

SHIFT, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes.

SHIFT, verb. (intransitive) To change gears (in a car).

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

SHIFT, verb. (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.

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

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

SHIFT, verb. (transitive) To dispose of.

SHIFT, verb. (intransitive) To hurry.

SHIFT, verb. (Ireland) (vulgar) (slang) To engage in sexual petting.

SHIFT, verb. To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

SHIFT, verb. To practice indirect or evasive methods.

SHIFT, noun. (computing) A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).

SHIFT GEARS, verb. To change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.

SHIFT GEARS, verb. (idiomatic) To change pace or mode of operation.

SHIFT HIS TIDES, verb. (dated) (nautical) To record the variations of the tide and the positions of the sun and moon using a nautical almanac and sextant to determine the location and phase of the moon and to calculate the relative effect of the tides on the navigation of the ship.

SHIFT KEY, noun. The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism

SHIFT KEY, noun. (computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys

SHIFT KEYS, noun. Plural of shift key

SHIFT LEVER, noun. (US) gear lever

SHIFT OFF, verb. To delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.

SHIFT REGISTER, noun. (computing) A register designed to subject data to a shift.

SHIFT WORK, noun. Alternative spelling of shiftwork

SHIFT, noun. An event in which something is displaced without rotation.

SHIFT, noun. A qualitative change.

SHIFT, noun. The time period during which you are at work.

SHIFT, noun. The act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election".

SHIFT, noun. The act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class".

SHIFT, noun. (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".

SHIFT, noun. A crew of workers who work for a specific period of time.

SHIFT, noun. The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters.

SHIFT, noun. A woman's sleeveless undergarment.

SHIFT, noun. A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist.

SHIFT, verb. Make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched".

SHIFT, verb. Change place or direction; "Shift one's position".

SHIFT, verb. Move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket".

SHIFT, verb. Move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat".

SHIFT, verb. Move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention".

SHIFT, verb. Change in quality; "His tone shifted".

SHIFT, verb. Move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion".

SHIFT, verb. Move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control".

SHIFT, verb. Move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left".

SHIFT, verb. Use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case".

SHIFT, verb. Change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted".

SHIFT, verb. Change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill".

SHIFT, verb. Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes".