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Definition of shift
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of shift is as below...
Shift (v. t.) To
change
the place of; to move or
remove
from one place to
another;
as, to shift a
burden
from one
shoulder
to
another;
to shift the
blame..
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Windlass
::
Windlass
(n.) A
winding
and
circuitous
way; a
roundabout
course;
a
shift.
Parry
::
Parry (v. t.) To
avoid;
to shift or put off; to
evade.
Shunt
::
Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side;
especially,
to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side
track;
to
switch
off; to
shift..
Gybe
::
Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a
vessel
to the
other;
-- said of the boom of a
fore-and-aft
sail when the
vessel
is
steered
off the wind until the sail fills on the
opposite
side.
Makeshift
::
Makeshift
(n.) That with which one makes
shift;
a
temporary
expedient.
Shifting
::
Shifting
(a.)
Changing
in
place,
position,
or
direction;
varying;
variable;
fickle;
as,
shifting
winds;
shifting
opinions
or
principles..
Veering
::
Veering
(a.)
Shifting.
Faineant
::
Faineant
(a.) Doing
nothing;
shiftless.
Baffle
::
Baffle
(n.) A
defeat
by
artifice,
shifts,
and
turns;
discomfiture..
Quibble
::
Quibble
(n.) A shift or turn from the point in
question;
a
trifling
or
evasive
distinction;
an
evasion;
a
cavil.
Tack
::
Tack (v. i.) To
change
the
direction
of a
vessel
by
shifting
the
position
of the helm and
sails;
also (as said of a
vessel),
to have her
direction
changed
through
the
shifting
of the helm and
sails.
See Tack, v. t., 4..
Shifted
::
Shifted
(imp. & p. p.) of Shif.
Shift
::
Shift (v. t.) To
change
the
clothing
of; -- used
reflexively.
Palter
::
Palter
(v. i.) To act in
insincere
or
deceitful
manner;
to play
false;
to
equivocate;
to
shift;
to
dodge;
to
trifle.
Unshiftable
::
Unshiftable
(a.) That may /ot be
shifted.
Shuffle
::
Shuffle
(v. i.) To use arts or
expedients;
to make
shift.
Fend
::
Fend (v. i.) To act on the
defensive,
or in
opposition;
to
resist;
to
parry;
to shift off..
Unshiftable
::
Unshiftable
(a.)
Shiftless;
helpless.
Thimblerig
::
Thimblerig
(v. t.) To
swindle
by means of small cups or
thimbles,
and a pea or small ball
placed
under one of them and
quickly
shifted
to
another,
the
victim
laying
a wager that he knows under which cup it is;
hence,
to cheat by any
trick..
Shack
::
Shack (n.) A
shiftless
fellow;
a low,
itinerant
beggar;
a
vagabond;
a
tramp..
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