Definition of shift

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Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

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Core :: Core (n.) A miner's underground working time or shift.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift..
Shifted :: Shifted (imp. & p. p.) of Shif.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes..
Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement..
Fend :: Fend (v. i.) To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting..
Shift :: 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..
Lorry :: Lorry (n.) A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations..
Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks.
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..
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..
Shifting :: Shifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shif.
Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..
Mucker :: Mucker (v. t.) To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts..
Smock :: Smock (n.) A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
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..
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