| VERB | change | shift, switch, change over | make a shift in or exchange of |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | shift, dislodge, reposition | change place or direction | |
| motion | shift, transfer | move around | |
| motion | shift, stir, budge, agitate | move very slightly | |
| change | shift | move from one setting or context to another | |
| change | shift | change in quality | |
| change | shift | move and exchange for another | |
| motion | shift, careen, wobble, tilt | move sideways or in an unsteady way | |
| motion | shift, lurch, pitch | move abruptly | |
| communication | shift | use a shift key on a keyboard | |
| change | shift | change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change | |
| change | shift | change gears | |
| change | shift, switch, change | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | |
| NOUN | event | shift, displacement | an event in which something is displaced without rotation |
| event | shift, transformation, transmutation | a qualitative change | |
| time | shift, work shift, duty period | the time period during which you are at work | |
| act | shift, switch, switching | the act of changing one thing or position for another | |
| act | shift, shifting | the act of moving from one place to another | |
| object | shift, fault, faulting, geological fault, fracture, break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | |
| group | shift | a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time | |
| artifact | shift, shift key | the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters | |
| artifact | shift, chemise, shimmy, slip, teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment | |
| artifact | shift, chemise, sack | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist |
| Sounds | shih'ft | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adrift ... uplift: 18 rhymes with ihft... | |
| Meaning | An event in which something is displaced without rotation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | displacement | |
| Narrower | amplitude | (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave |
| luxation | displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ | |
| Broader | translation | A uniform movement without rotation |
| Spanish | desplazamiento | |
| Verbs | shift | make a shift in or exchange of |
| shift | move and exchange for another | |
| shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | |
| Meaning | The time period during which you are at work. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | work shift, duty period | |
| Part of | workday, working day | The amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage |
| Narrower | day shift | The work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) |
| evening shift, swing shift | The work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight) | |
| go, spell, tour, turn | A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) | |
| night shift, graveyard shift | The work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) | |
| split shift | A working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between | |
| trick | A period of work or duty | |
| watch | A period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty | |
| Broader | hours | A period of time assigned for work |
| Meaning | The act of changing one thing or position for another. | |
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| Synonyms | switch, switching | |
| Narrower | switcheroo | A sudden unexpected switch |
| Broader | change | The action of changing something |
| Spanish | cambio, conmutación | |
| Catalan | canvi, commutació | |
| Verbs | shift | move from one setting or context to another |
| Meaning | The act of moving from one place to another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "his constant shifting disrupted the class" | |
| Synonym | shifting | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
| Catalan | canvi, desplaçament, moviment | |
| Adjectives | shifty | changing position or direction |
| Verbs | shift | change place or direction |
| shift | move very slightly | |
| shift | move around | |
| shift | move abruptly | |
| shift | move sideways or in an unsteady way | |
| Meaning | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | fault, faulting, geological fault, fracture, break | |
| Category | geology | A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks |
| Instances | Denali Fault | A major open geological fault in Alaska |
| San Andreas Fault | A major geological fault in California | |
| Parts | fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface |
| Narrower | inclined fault | A geological fault in which one side is above the other |
| strike-slip fault | A geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally | |
| Broader | crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure | A long narrow opening |
| Spanish | falla, fisura, fractura | |
| Catalan | falla, fractura | |
| Meaning | A crew of workers who work for a specific period of time. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men | The force of workers available |
| Narrower | day shift, day watch | workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) |
| evening shift | workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight) | |
| night shift, graveyard shift | workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) | |
| relay | A crew of workers who relieve another crew | |
| Broader | gang, crew, work party | An organized group of workmen |
| Spanish | turno | |
| Meaning | The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | shift key | |
| Part of | typewriter keyboard | A keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed |
| Broader | key | A lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed |
| Spanish | cambiar, tecla de mayúsculas | |
| Catalan | nolex, tecla de majúscules | |
| Meaning | A woman's sleeveless undergarment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | chemise, shimmy, slip, teddy | |
| Parts | strap, shoulder strap | A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag |
| Broader | undergarment, unmentionable | A garment worn under other garments |
| Meaning | A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | chemise, sack | |
| Broader | dress, frock | A one-piece garment for a woman |
| Meaning | make a shift in or exchange of. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | switch, change over | |
| Narrower | back | shift to a counterclockwise direction |
| veer | shift to a clockwise direction | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | cambiar, intercambiar, relevar, transferir | |
| Catalan | canviar, transferir | |
| Nouns | shift | an event in which something is displaced without rotation |
| Meaning | change place or direction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Shift one's position" | |
| Synonyms | dislodge, reposition | |
| Narrower | beat down | dislodge from a position |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | desplazar, resituar | |
| Nouns | shift, shifting | the act of moving from one place to another |
| Meaning | Move around. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | transfer | |
| Narrower | bunker | transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse |
| carry | transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next / next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication | |
| carry over, carry forward | transfer from one time period to the next | |
| remove, transfer | shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes | |
| shuffle | Move about, move back and forth | |
| shunt | transfer to another track, of trains | |
| translocate | transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position | |
| transpose | transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality | |
| transship | transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | transferir, transportar, trasladar | |
| Catalan | mudar, transbordar, transferir, transportar, traslladar, traspassar | |
| Nouns | shift | the act of moving from one place to another |
| Meaning | Move very slightly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | The crowds shift in the streets | |
| Example | "He shifted in his seat" | |
| Synonyms | stir, budge, agitate | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | agitarse, agitar, moverse | |
| Catalan | girar, moure's | |
| Nouns | shift, shifting | the act of moving from one place to another |
| Meaning | Move from one setting or context to another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | transfer, transpose, transplant | transfer from one place or period to another |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | modificar | |
| Catalan | modificar, mudar | |
| Nouns | shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another |
| shift | a qualitative change | |
| Meaning | change in quality. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "His tone shifted" | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | transferir | |
| Catalan | canviar, transferir | |
| Nouns | shift | a qualitative change |
| Meaning | Move and exchange for another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "shift the date for our class reunion" | |
| Broader | substitute, replace, interchange, exchange | put in the place of another |
| Spanish | cambiar | |
| Catalan | canviar | |
| Nouns | shift | an event in which something is displaced without rotation |
| Meaning | Move sideways or in an unsteady way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | careen, wobble, tilt | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | bambolearse, cambiar, escorar, inclinarse, ladearse | |
| Nouns | shift | the act of moving from one place to another |
| Meaning | Move abruptly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | lurch, pitch | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | arrojarse, cambiar de dirección, dar una sacudida, sacudirse | |
| Nouns | shift | the act of moving from one place to another |
| Meaning | Use a shift key on a keyboard. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case" | |
| Broader | type, typewrite | Write by means of a keyboard with types |
| Meaning | change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" | |
| Category | phonetics | The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | cambiar | |
| Meaning | change gears. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" | |
| Broader | switch, shift, change | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another |
| Spanish | cambiar velocidades | |
| Nouns | shifter | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears |
| Meaning | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | switch, change | |
| Narrower | break | change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another |
| break | change directions suddenly | |
| cut | make an abrupt change of image or sound | |
| diphthongize, diphthongise | change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | |
| leap, jump | Pass abruptly from one state or topic / topic to another | |
| shift | change gears | |
| surf, channel-surf | switch channels, on television | |
| transition | make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another) | |
| Similar to | change | change clothes |
| change, exchange, commute, convert | Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | |
| Spanish | abandonar, cambiar, transferir | |
| Catalan | abandonar, canviar, transferir, transformar | |
| Nouns | shift | an event in which something is displaced without rotation |
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