Definition of Shift

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Definition of Shift

Shift

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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.

To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.

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.

To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.

To put off or out of the way by some expedient.

The act of shifting.

The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.

Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.

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.

In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.

A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.

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Shift Quotations

When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce.
Marianne Williamson

We've seen in the last half century an incredible shift. This is just an extraordinary time to be alive.
Neale Donald Walsch

A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.
Maurice Strong

I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.
Geddy Lee

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.
John W. Gardner

All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies.
David Attenborough

But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity.
John Abizaid

There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.
Washington Irving

In a time of constrained resources we will have to shift emphasis. but not necessarily from the traditional Political Officer to the traditional Economic Officer.
Lawrence Eagleburger

The question is not really about a shift to the economic cone where officers are writing about the balance of payments and the need for economic stabilization.
Lawrence Eagleburger

Shift Translations

shift in Dutch is verschuiving
shift in German is umschalten, Schicht/schieben, Umschaltung
shift in Italian is muovere
shift in Latin is amoveo
shift in Portuguese is deslocamento
shift in Spanish is impulsar

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