Main entry: switch, switching, shift
Definition: the act of changing one thing or position for another
Usage: his switch on abortion cost him the election
Definition: the act of moving from one place to another
Usage: his constant shifting disrupted the class
Main entry: chemise, shift, sack
Definition: a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
Main entry: shift, shimmy, slip, chemise, teddy
Definition: a woman's sleeveless undergarment
Definition: the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
Main entry: shift, transformation, transmutation
Definition: a qualitative change
Main entry: displacement, shift
Definition: an event in which something is displaced without rotation
Main entry: shift
Definition: a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
Main entry: fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, break, shift
Definition: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Usage: they built it right over a geological fault; he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
Main entry: shift, work shift, duty period
Definition: the time period during which you are at work
Main entry: change over, shift, switch
Definition: make a shift in or exchange of
Usage: First Joe led; then we switched
Main entry: shift
Definition: move and exchange for another
Usage: shift the date for our class reunion
Main entry: switch, change, shift
Definition: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
Usage: switch to a different brand of beer; She switched psychiatrists; The car changed lanes
Main entry: shift
Definition: change gears
Usage: you have to shift when you go down a steep hill
Main entry: shift
Definition: move from one setting or context to another
Usage: shift the emphasis; shift one's attention
Main entry: shift
Definition: change in quality
Usage: His tone shifted
Main entry: shift
Definition: change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
Usage: Grimm showed how the consonants shifted
Main entry: shift
Definition: use a shift key on a keyboard
Usage: She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case
Main entry: shift, lurch, pitch
Definition: move abruptly
Usage: The ship suddenly lurched to the left
Main entry: shift, reposition, dislodge
Definition: change place or direction
Usage: Shift one's position
Main entry: careen, tilt, shift, wobble
Definition: move sideways or in an unsteady way
Usage: The ship careened out of control
Main entry: budge, shift, stir, agitate
Definition: move very slightly
Usage: He shifted in his seat
Definition: move around
Usage: transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket