shift

Etymology
From, from , from , , from earlier , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. See.

Noun

 * 1) A movement to do something, a beginning.
 * 2) An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
 * There was a shift in the political atmosphere.
 * 1) * c. 1620-1626,, letter to Nicholas Pey
 * My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air.
 * 1)  A share, a portion assigned on division.
 * 2)  A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
 * 3) A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
 * 4) A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
 * We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.
 * 1)  The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
 * 2)  A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
 * 3)  An instance of the use of such a code or character.
 * 4)  A bit shift.
 * 5)  An infield shift.
 * 6)  The act of kissing passionately.
 * 7)  A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.
 * 8)  A trick, an artifice.
 * 9)  The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
 * 10)  A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
 * 11)  A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
 * 12)  In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
 * 13) A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
 * 14)  be done; ruined
 * 1)  The act of kissing passionately.
 * 2)  A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.
 * 3)  A trick, an artifice.
 * 4)  The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
 * 5)  A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
 * 6)  A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
 * 7)  In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
 * 8) A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
 * 9)  be done; ruined
 * 1)  The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
 * 2)  A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
 * 3)  A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
 * 4)  In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
 * 5) A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
 * 6)  be done; ruined
 * 1) A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
 * 2)  be done; ruined

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Azerbaijani: iş növbəsi, smen
 * Basque: txanda
 * Belarusian: зме́на
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ploegenstelsel
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: vahetus
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 入れ替え
 * Korean:, 시프트
 * Macedonian: смена
 * Maori: mahinga
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Nepali:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skift
 * Nynorsk: skift
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: mit'a
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сме̏на, смје̏на
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: zmena
 * Slovene: izmena, šiht
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, arbetsskift, ,
 * Tagalog: tanda
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: змі́на
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Bulgarian: отместване,
 * Czech: posun, posuv
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, Verlagerung, Verstellung
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Slovene: premik, zamik
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: sự, sự , sự


 * Bulgarian: превключване
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, переключе́ние переда́ч
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 換檔鍵, 移位鍵
 * Esperanto: registrumo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: touche majuscule
 * German: Umschalten, Shift, Shifttaste, Umschalttaste, Hochstelltaste
 * Icelandic: skiptihnappur
 * Japanese: シフトキー
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, кла́виша шифт
 * Spanish: tecla mayús, mayús, tecla shift, tecla mayúsculas
 * Swedish:, skifttangent
 * Turkish: shift tuşu, üst karakter tuşu

Verb

 * 1)  To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
 * 2)  To change in form or character; switch.
 * 3)  To change position.
 * 4)  To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
 * 5)  To change (clothes, especially underwear).
 * , II.ii.2:
 * 'Tis very good to wash his hands and face often, to shift his clothes, to have fair linen about him, to be decently and comely attired […].
 * 1)  To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.
 * 2)  To change gears (in a car).
 * 3)  To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
 * 4)  To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
 * 5)  To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
 * 6)  To remove the first value from an array.
 * 7)  To dispose of.
 * 8)  To hurry; to move quickly.
 * 9)  To engage in sexual petting.
 * 10)  To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
 * 11) To practice indirect or evasive methods.
 * 12)  In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
 * 13) To change the reality one's consciousness resides in through meditation or other means.
 * 14)  To steal or kidnap.
 * 1)  To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
 * 2)  To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
 * 3)  To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
 * 4)  To remove the first value from an array.
 * 5)  To dispose of.
 * 6)  To hurry; to move quickly.
 * 7)  To engage in sexual petting.
 * 8)  To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
 * 9) To practice indirect or evasive methods.
 * 10)  In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
 * 11) To change the reality one's consciousness resides in through meditation or other means.
 * 12)  To steal or kidnap.
 * 1)  To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
 * 2) To practice indirect or evasive methods.
 * 3)  In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
 * 4) To change the reality one's consciousness resides in through meditation or other means.
 * 5)  To steal or kidnap.
 * 1)  In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
 * 2) To change the reality one's consciousness resides in through meditation or other means.
 * 3)  To steal or kidnap.
 * 1)  To steal or kidnap.

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:switch
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:move
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:junk
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:rush
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:fondle
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:fondle

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Telugu:
 * Vietnamese:, ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Persian: جابه‌جا کردن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:, di dời


 * Bulgarian: отмествам се, премествам се
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Persian: جابه‌جا شدن
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:
 * Vietnamese: đổi chỗ, chuyển chỗ


 * Bulgarian:, превключвам
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  (people working in turn)
 * 2)  (button on a keyboard)
 * 3)  (the act of shifting)
 * 1)  (the act of shifting)

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  button on a keyboard