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1.nounOne who, or that which, shifts or changes.
2.nounA word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
3.nounOne who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
4.nounAn assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
5.nounAn arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
6.nounA wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
7.nounA component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
8.nounA spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
9.nounA person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
10.nounA switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
11.nounA shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.
12.noun(erotica) A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.