NOUN
  • Definition - 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).
NOUN
  • Definition - A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
  • Example - Just last week she bought a new shift at the market.
  • Definition - A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
  • Example - We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.
  • Definition - An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
  • Example - There was a shift in the political atmosphere.
  • Definition - The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
  • Example - Does it come with a stick-shift?
  • Definition - A bit shift.
  • Example - Does it come with a stick-shift?
  • Definition - The infield shift.
  • Example - Teams often use the shift against this lefty.
  • Definition - (often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
  • Example - Teams often use the shift against this lefty.
  • Definition - A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.
  • Example - Teams often use the shift against this lefty.
  • Definition - A trick, an artifice.
  • Example - Teams often use the shift against this lefty.
  • Definition - The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
  • Example - Teams often use the shift against this lefty.
  • Definition - A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
  • Example - Teams often use the shift against this lefty.
  • Definition - A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
  • Example - Teams often use the shift against this lefty.
  • Definition - In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
  • Example - Teams often use the shift against this lefty.
VERB
  • Definition - (sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
  • Example - We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.
  • Definition - To change in form or character; swap.
  • Example - We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.
  • Definition - To change position.
  • Example - His political stance shifted daily.
  • Definition - To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
  • Example - We are shifting to America next month.
  • Synonyms - move
  • Definition - To change (clothes, especially underwear).
  • Example - We are shifting to America next month.
  • Definition - To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.
  • Example - We are shifting to America next month.
  • Definition - To change gears (in a car).
  • Example - I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.
  • Definition - (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
  • Example - I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.
  • Definition - (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
  • Example - I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.
  • Definition - To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
  • Example - Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100.
  • Definition - To remove the first value from an array.
  • Example - Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100.
  • Definition - To dispose of.
  • Example - How can I shift a grass stain?
  • Definition - To hurry.
  • Example - If you shift, you might make the 2:19.
  • Definition - To engage in sexual petting.
  • Example - If you shift, you might make the 2:19.
  • Definition - To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
  • Example - If you shift, you might make the 2:19.
  • Definition - To practice indirect or evasive methods.
  • Example - If you shift, you might make the 2:19.
  • Definition - In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
  • Example - If you shift, you might make the 2:19.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
shift 11
4 Letter Words
fish 10 fist 7 fits 7 hist 7 hits 7 shit 7 sift 7 sith 7 this 7
3 Letter Words
fit 6 his 6 hit 6 ifs 6 its 3 sit 3 tis 3
2 Letter Words
hi 5 if 5 sh 5 is 2 it 2 si 2 ti 2
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