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1.nounA modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).
2.nounA type of women's undergarment, a slip."Just last week she bought a new shift at the market."
3.nounA change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time."We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done."
4.nounAn act of shifting; a slight movement or change."There was a shift in the political atmosphere."
5.nounThe gear mechanism in a motor vehicle."Does it come with a stick-shift?"
6.nounA bit shift.
7.nounThe infield shift."Teams often use the shift against this lefty."
8.noun(often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
9.nounA contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.
10.nounA trick, an artifice.
11.nounThe extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
12.nounA breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
13.nounA mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
14.nounIn violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
15.verb(sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute."We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office."
16.verbTo change in form or character; swap.
17.verbTo change position."His political stance shifted daily."
18.verbTo change residence; to leave and live elsewhere."We are shifting to America next month."
19.verbTo change (clothes, especially underwear).
20.verbTo change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.
21.verbTo change gears (in a car)."I crested the hill and shifted into fifth."
22.verb(typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
23.verb(computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
24.verbTo manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate."Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100."
25.verbTo remove the first value from an array.
26.verbTo dispose of."How can I shift a grass stain?"
27.verbTo hurry."If you shift, you might make the 2:19."
28.verbTo engage in sexual petting.
29.verbTo resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
30.verbTo practice indirect or evasive methods.
31.verbIn violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.