move around: "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
move very slightly: "He shifted in his seat"
move from one setting or context to another: "shift the emphasis"
change in quality: "His tone shifted"
move and exchange for another: "shift the date for our class reunion"
noun
an event in which something is displaced without rotation
a qualitative change
the time period during which you are at work
the act of changing one thing or position for another: "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
the act of moving from one place to another: "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other: "they built it right over a geological fault"
a group of workers who work for a specific period of time
a woman's sleeveless undergarment
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