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shift
ʃɪft Listen
Meanings
verb
  • move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.
    E.g. a team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house
  • change gear in a vehicle.
    E.g. she shifted down to fourth
  • be evasive or indirect.
    E.g. they know not how to shift and rob as the old ones do
noun
  • a slight change in position, direction, or tendency.
    E.g. a shift in public opinion
  • each of two or more recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay.
    E.g. Anne was on the night shift
  • a woman's straight unwaisted dress.
  • an ingenious or devious device or stratagem.
    E.g. the thousand shifts and devices of which Hannibal was a master

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