shift.

A movement to do something, a beginning.

An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

There was a shift in the political atmosphere.

A share, a portion assigned on division.

A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.

Just last week she bought a new shift at the market.

A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.

A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.

We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.

The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.

Does it come with a stick-shift?

Alternative letter-case form of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).

If you press shift-P, the preview display will change.

A control code or character used to change between different character sets.

A control code or character used to change between different character sets. An instance of the use of such a code or character.

A bit shift.

An infield shift.

Teams often use a shift against this lefty.

The act of kissing passionately.

A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.

A trick, an artifice.

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 mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.

In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.

A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.

be done; ruined

To move from one place to another; to redistribute.

We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.

To change in form or character; switch.

To change position; to move.

She shifted slightly in her seat.

His political stance shifted daily.

To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.

We are shifting to America next month.

To change (clothes, especially underwear); to change the clothes of.

To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.

To change gears (in an automobile).

I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.

To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.

To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.

To 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.

To remove (the first value from an array).

To dispose of, remove.

How can I shift a grass stain?

To hurry; to move quickly.

If you shift, you might make the 2:19.

To engage in sexual petting with.

To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to cope, get by, manage, make do.

You need to learn to shift for yourself.

To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.

In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.

To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.

I finally shifted to Hogwarts last night!

To steal or kidnap.

To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.