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Sounds | shih'ft |
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Rhymes | adrift, airlift, drift, and 15 more rhymes in ihft at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | An event in which something is displaced without rotation. |
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Synonyms | displacement |
Narrower | amplitude; luxation |
Broader | translation |
Verbs | shift; shift; shift |
Meaning | A qualitative change. |
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Synonyms | transformation, transmutation |
Narrower | improvement, betterment, advance; population shift; pyrolysis; sea change; sublimation; tin pest, tin disease, tin plague; conversion, transition, changeover; degeneration, retrogression; strengthening; weakening |
Broader | change, alteration, modification |
Verbs | shift; shift |
Meaning | The time period during which you are at work. |
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Synonyms | work shift, duty period |
Part of | workday, working day |
Narrower | go, spell, tour, turn; trick; watch; day shift; evening shift, swing shift; night shift, graveyard shift; split shift |
Broader | hours |
Meaning | The act of changing one thing or position for another. |
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Synonyms | switch, switching |
Narrower | switcheroo |
Broader | change |
Verbs | shift |
Meaning | The act of moving from one place to another. |
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Examples | "his constant shifting disrupted the class" |
Synonyms | shifting |
Broader | motion, movement, move |
Verbs | shift; shift; shift; shift; shift |
Meaning | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. |
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Synonyms | fault, geological fault, fracture, break |
Category | geology |
Parts | fault line |
Narrower | Denali Fault; inclined fault; San Andreas Fault; strike-slip fault |
Broader | crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure |
Meaning | A group of workers who work for a specific period of time. |
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Narrower | day shift, day watch; evening shift; night shift, graveyard shift |
Broader | work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men |
Meaning | A woman's sleeveless undergarment. |
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Synonyms | chemise, shimmy, slip, teddies, teddy |
Parts | strap, shoulder strap |
Broader | undergarment |
Meaning | A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. |
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Synonyms | chemise, sack |
Broader | dress, frock |
Meaning | Make a shift in or exchange of. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | switch, change over |
Narrower | back; veer |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Nouns | shift |
Meaning | Change place or direction. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "Shift one's position" |
Synonyms | dislodge, reposition |
Narrower | beat down |
Broader | move, displace |
Nouns | shift, shifting |
Meaning | Move around. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | transfer |
Narrower | transpose; shunt; carry; shuffle; transship; bunker; carry over, carry forward; remove, transfer; translocate |
Broader | move, displace |
Nouns | shift |
Meaning | Move very slightly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Model | The crowds shift in the streets |
Examples | "He shifted in his seat" |
Synonyms | stir, budge, agitate |
Broader | move |
Nouns | shift, shifting |
Meaning | Move from one setting or context to another. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" |
Narrower | transfer, transpose, transplant |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Nouns | shift; shift |
Meaning | Change in quality. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "His tone shifted" |
Broader | change |
Nouns | shift |
Meaning | Move and exchange for another. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "shift the date for our class reunion" |
Broader | substitute, replace |
Nouns | shift |
Meaning | Move sideways or in an unsteady way. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | careen, wobble, tilt |
Broader | move |
Nouns | shift |
Meaning | Move abruptly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | lurch, pitch |
Broader | move |
Nouns | shift |
Meaning | Use a shift key on a keyboard. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "She could not shift so all ther letters are written in lower case" |
Broader | type, typewrite |
Meaning | Change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" |
Category | phonetics |
Broader | change |
Meaning | Change gears. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" |
Broader | switch, shift, change |
Nouns | shifter |
Meaning | Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | switch, change |
Narrower | shift; break; surf, channel-surf; leap, jump; diphthongize, diphthongise; cut; break |
Similar to | change, exchange, commute, convert; change |
Nouns | shift |