Shift

Shift Shift, v. i. 1. To divide; to distribute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Some this, some that, as that him liketh shift. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Here the Baillie shifted and fidgeted about in his seat. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

3. To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage. [1913 Webster]

Men in distress will look to themselves, and leave their companions to shift as well as they can. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]

4. To practice indirect or evasive methods. [1913 Webster]

All those schoolmen, though they were exceeding witty, yet better teach all their followers to shift, than to resolve by their distinctions. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Change, alter, move / Move, change place, change about, remove, Change / Alter, change, Expedient, contrivance, resort, resource, means / Change, vary, veer, chop, alter, Evasion, artifice, fraud, trick, stratagem, subterfuge, mask, wile, craft, device, mean refuge, chicane, chicanery, artful contrivance, ruse / Contrive, manage, plan, scheme, shuffle, devise ways and means, Chemise, smock

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Shift — generally means to change (position). Shift may refer to: * Gear shift, to change gears in a car * Shift work, an employment practice * Shift (music), a change of level in music * Shift (magazine), a former Canadian technology and culture… … Wikipedia
Shift — (sh[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shifting}.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to shift, to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shift — shift; shift·abil·i·ty; shift·able; shift·er; shift·ful; shift·i·ly; shift·i·ness; shift·less; shift·man; make·shift; blue·shift·ed; make·shift·ness; shift·less·ly; shift·less·ness; … English syllables
Shift — Shift, n. [Cf. Icel. skipti. See {Shift}, v. t.] 1. The act of shifting. Specifically: (a) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. [1913 Webster] My going to Oxford was not… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shift — Расположение клавиши Shift Shift клавиша на клавиатуре компьютера, предназначенная для ввода заглавных букв. При одновременном нажатии клавиши … Википедия
shift — ► VERB 1) move or change from one position to another. 2) Brit. informal move quickly. 3) (shift oneself) Brit. informal move or rouse oneself. 4) Brit. remove (a stain). 5) informal sell (goods) quickly or in large quantities. 6) … English terms dictionary
shift — [shift] vt. [ME schiften < OE sciftan, to divide, separate < IE * skeib > SHIP] 1. to move or transfer from one person, place, or position to another [to shift the blame] 2. to replace by another or others; change or exchange 3. to… … English World dictionary
Shift — steht für: die Umschalttaste beziehungsweise Hochstelltaste auf Tastaturen Schiften beim Segeln in der Fotografie als Shift Effekt, um Bilder perspektivisch zu entzerren, und Tilt und Shift Objektive, mit denen diese Aufgabe schon bei der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shift TV — ist ein webbasierter Dienst, der Internetnutzern seit März 2005 die Möglichkeit bietet, auf einen netzwerkbasierten TV Rekorder, der in einem Rechenzentrum steht, Programme deutscher TV Sender aufzuzeichnen. shift TV wird von der 1997 gegründeten … Deutsch Wikipedia
shift — [n1] switch, fluctuation about face*, alteration, bend, change, changeover, conversion, deflection, deviation, displacement, double, fault, modification, move, passage, permutation, rearrangement, removal, shifting, substitution, tack, transfer,… … New thesaurus

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