shift
- Noun. (computing) A 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).
- Verb. (transitive) To change, swap.
- Verb. (transitive) to move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- Verb. (intransitive) to change position.
- Verb. (obsolete, transitive) To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes.
- Verb. (intransitive) To change gears (in a car).
- Verb. (transitive, computing) to remove the first value from an array.
- Verb. (transitive) to dispose of.
- Verb. (intransitive) to hurry.
- Verb. (Ireland, crude) to engage in sexual petting.
- Noun. (historical) a type of women's undergarment, a slip.
- Noun. a change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- Noun. an act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- Noun. (US) the gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- Noun. (alternative spelling of, Shift) .
- Noun. (computing) a bit shift.
- Noun. (baseball) The infield shift.
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