Definition of Shift

Noun

• a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
  chemise sack
• a woman's sleeveless undergarment
  chemise shimmy slip teddy
• the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
  - shift key
• a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
  
• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
  "they built it right over a geological fault"
  "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
  fault faulting - geological fault fracture break
• the act of moving from one place to another
  "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
  shifting
• the act of changing one thing or position for another
  "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
  switch switching
• the time period during which you are at work
  - work shift - duty period
• a qualitative change
  transformation transmutation
• an event in which something is displaced without rotation
  displacement

Verb

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
  "switch to a different brand of beer"
  "She switched psychiatrists"
  "The car changed lanes"
  switch change
• change gears
  "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
  
• change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
  "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
  
• use a shift key on a keyboard
  "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"
  
• move abruptly
  "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
  lurch pitch
• move sideways or in an unsteady way
  "The ship careened out of control"
  careen wobble tilt
• move and exchange for another
  "shift the date for our class reunion"
  
• change in quality
  "His tone shifted"
  
• move from one setting or context to another
  "shift the emphasis"
  "shift one's attention"
  
• move very slightly
  "He shifted in his seat"
  stir budge agitate
• move around
  "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
  transfer
• change place or direction
  "Shift one's position"
  dislodge reposition
• make a shift in or exchange of
  "First Joe led
  then we switched"
  switch - change over

Word games points for the Shift

• Scrabble® score of the shift (11)
• Word Chums® score of the shift (11)
• Words With Friends® score of the shift (10)

Unscramble shift

27 unscramble word found using the letters shift.

fish, fist, fit, fits, hi, his, hist, hit, hits, if, ifs, is, ish, it, its, sh, shift, shit, si, sif, sift, sit, sith, st, this, ti, tis,