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Verb (used with object)

to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange
to shift friends; to shift ideas.
to transfer from one place, position, person, etc., to another
to shift the blame onto someone else.
Automotive . to change (gears) from one ratio or arrangement to another.
Linguistics . to change in a systematic way, esp. phonetically.

Verb (used without object)

to move from one place, position, direction, etc., to another.
to manage to get along or succeed by oneself.
to get along by indirect methods; use any expediency, trick, or evasion to get along or succeed
He shifted through life.
to change gears in driving an automobile.
Linguistics . to undergo a systematic, esp. phonetic, change.
to press a shift key, as on a typewriter keyboard.
Archaic . to change one's clothes.

Noun

a change or transfer from one place, position, direction, person, etc., to another
a shift in the wind.
a person's scheduled period of work, esp. the portion of the day scheduled as a day's work when a shop, service, office, or industry operates continuously during both the day and night
She prefers the morning shift.
a group of workers scheduled to work during such a period
The night shift reported.
Baseball . a notable repositioning by several fielders to the left or the right of their normal playing position, an occasional strategy against batters who usually hit the ball to the same side of the field.
Automotive . a gearshift.
Clothing .
a straight, loose-fitting dress worn with or without a belt.
a woman's chemise or slip.
Football . a lateral or backward movement from one position to another, usually by two or more offensive players just before the ball is put into play.
Mining . a dislocation of a seam or stratum; fault.
Music . a change in the position of the left hand on the fingerboard in playing a stringed instrument.
Linguistics .
a change or system of parallel changes that affects the sound structure of a language, as the series of related changes in the English vowel system from Middle English to Modern English.
a change in the meaning or use of a word. Compare functional shift .
an expedient; ingenious device.
an evasion, artifice, or trick.
change or substitution.
Bridge . shift bid.
Agriculture . (in crop rotation)
any of successive crops.
the tract of land used.
an act or instance of using the shift key, as on a typewriter keyboard. ?

Idiom

shift gears. gear ( def. 19 ) .

Antonyms

noun
deactivation , maintenance , stagnation
verb
deactivate , remain , stagnate

Synonyms

noun
about-face * , alteration , bend , change , changeover , conversion , deflection , deviation , displacement , double , fault , modification , move , passage , permutation , rearrangement , removal , shifting , substitution , tack , transfer , transference , transformation , transit , translocation , turn , variation , veering , yaw , artifice , contrivance , craft , device , dodge , equivocation , evasion , expediency , expedient , gambit , hoax , makeshift , maneuver , ploy , recourse , refuge , resort , resource , ruse , stopgap * , strategy , substitute , subterfuge , wile , bout , go , period , spell , stint , time , tour , trick , working time , commutation , exchange , interchange , switch , trade , transposition , hitch , inning , stretch , watch , stopgap , twist , dislocation , disturbance , movement , metamorphosis , mutation , transfiguration , translation , transmogrification , transmutation , transubstantiation , chemise , lubricity , metastasis , stratagem
verb
about-face * , alter , blow hot and cold * , bottom out , budge , change , change gears , cook * , deviate , dial back , dislocate , displace , disturb , do up * , drift , exchange , fault , flip-flop * , hem and haw * , move , move around , move over , rearrange , recalibrate , relocate , remove , replace , reposition , ship , shuffle , slip , stir , substitute , swap places , swerve , switch over , tack , transfer , transmogrify , transpose , turn , turn around , turn the corner , turn the tables , vacillate , vary , veer , waffle , yo-yo , commute , interchange , switch , trade , shake , maneuver , avert , deflect , divert , pivot , swing , do , fare , fend , get along , get by , muddle through , arrange , conversion , convert , dispose , divide , dodge , evade , expedient , fluctuate , fluctuation , group , intermit , jump , metastasize , palter , period , quibble , quirk , relay , spell , stint , stratagem , subterfuge , swap , tour , transition , trick

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