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