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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
position
of; to alter the
bearings
of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or
sails..
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Doubling
::
Doubling
(n.) A
turning
and
winding;
as, the
doubling
of a
hunted
hare;
shift;
trick;
artifice..
Machinist
::
Machinist
(n.) A
person
employed
to shift
scenery
in a
theater.
Shunt
::
Shunt (v. t.) The
shifting
of the studs on a
projectile
from the deep to the
shallow
sides of the
grooves
in its
discharge
from a shunt gun.
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.
Sceneshifter
::
Sceneshifter
(n.) One who moves the
scenes
in a
theater;
a
sceneman.
Shuffle
::
Shuffle
(v. i.) To
change
one's
position;
to shift
ground;
to evade
questions;
to
resort
to
equivocation;
to
prevaricate.
Pouch
::
Pouch (n.) A
bulkhead
in the hold of a
vessel,
to
prevent
grain,
etc., from
shifting..
Fend
::
Fend (v. i.) To act on the
defensive,
or in
opposition;
to
resist;
to
parry;
to shift off..
Chopping
::
Chopping
(a.)
Shifting
or
changing
suddenly,
as the wind; also,
having
tumbling
waves
dashing
against
each
other;
as, a
chopping
sea..
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..
Jibe
::
"Jibe (v. i.) To
shift,
as the boom of a
fore-and-aft
sail, from one side of a
vessel
to the other when the wind is aft or on the
quarter.
See
Gybe..
Shift
::
Shift (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some
expedient.
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.
Unshiftable
::
Unshiftable
(a.) That may /ot be
shifted.
Dodge
::
Dodge (v. t.) To evade by a
sudden
shift of
place;
to
escape
by
starting
aside;
as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball
thrown..
Core
::
Core (n.) A
miner's
underground
working
time or
shift.
Scene
::
Scene (n.) The
decorations
and
fittings
of a
stage,
representing
the place in which the
action
is
supposed
to go on; one of the
slides,
or other
devices,
used to give an
appearance
of
reality
to the
action
of a play; as, to paint
scenes;
to shift the
scenes;
to go
behind
the
scenes..
Switched
::
Switch
(n.) A
mechanical
device
for
shifting
an
electric
current
to
another
circuit.
Shiff
::
Shiff (v. i.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to
destroy
the
equilibrum;
-- said of
ballast
or
cargo;
as, the cargo
shifted..
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