shift

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Synonyms: shaft, shit, swift, shrift, snift, sift, skift, shirt, smift, shifu, shife

Antonyms: shaft, shit, swift, shrift, snift, sift, skift, shirt, smift, shifu, shife

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Noun

1. A movement to do something, a beginning.
2. An act of shifting; a slight [[movement]] or [[change]].
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A share, a portion assigned on division.
4. {{lb|en|historical}} A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a [[slip]] or [[chemise]].
5. A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
6. A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
7. {{lb|en|US}} The [[gear]] mechanism in a motor vehicle.
8. {{alt case|en|Shift||a modifier button of computer keyboards}}.
9. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[control code]] or [[character]] used to change between different [[character set]]s.
10. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[bit shift]].
11. {{lb|en|baseball}} An [[infield shift]].
12. {{lb|en|Ireland|crude|_|slang|often with the definite article|usually|_|uncountable}} The act of kissing passionately.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|sometimes|figurative}} To move from one place to another; to [[redistribute]].
2. {{lb|en|ergative|figurative}} To [[change#Verb|change]] in form or character; [[switch#Verb|switch]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|sometimes|reflexive|and|figurative}} To change position; to [[move#Verb|move]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|India}} To [[change]] [[residence]]; to [[leave]] and [[live]] elsewhere.
5. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[change]] (clothes, especially underwear); to change the clothes of.
6. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive|reflexive}} To [[change]] (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.
7. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To change [[gears]] (in an automobile).
8. {{lb|en|typewriters}} To move the keys of a [[typewriter]] over in order to type [[capital letter]]s or special [[character]]s.
9. {{lb|en|computer keyboards}} To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
10. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To manipulate a [[binary]] number by moving all of its [[digit]]s left or right; compare [[rotate]].
11. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To remove (the first value from an [[array]]).
12. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[dispose of]], [[remove]].

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