Shift
Definition of Shift
Pronunciation: shĭft | v. t. | 1. | To divide; to distribute; to apportion. | | 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. | | 3. | To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails. | | 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. | | 5. | To change the clothing of; - used reflexively. | | 6. | To put off or out of the way by some expedient. | | v. i. | 1. | To divide; to distribute.Some this, some that, as that him liketh shift. - Chaucer. | | 2. | To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; - used in the various senses of the transitive verb. | | 3. | To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage. | | 4. | To practice indirect or evasive methods. | | 5. | (Naut.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; - said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted. | | n. | 1. | The act of shifting. | | 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. |
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