Definitions
1.verb(sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute."We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office."
2.verbTo change in form or character; swap.
3.verbTo change position."His political stance shifted daily."
4.verbTo change residence; to leave and live elsewhere."We are shifting to America next month."
5.verbTo change (clothes, especially underwear).
6.verbTo change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.
7.verbTo change gears (in a car)."I crested the hill and shifted into fifth."
8.verb(typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
9.verb(computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
10.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."
11.verbTo remove the first value from an array.
12.verbTo dispose of."How can I shift a grass stain?"
13.verbTo hurry."If you shift, you might make the 2:19."
14.verbTo engage in sexual petting.
15.verbTo resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
16.verbTo practice indirect or evasive methods.
17.verbIn violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
18.nounA shift or change; a shifting movement.
19.nounThe phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.