shift

to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange.

to shift friends;

to shift ideas.

Synonyms:

substitute

to transfer from one place, position, person, etc., to another.

to shift the blame onto someone else.

Automotive. to change (gears) from one ratio or arrangement to another.

Linguistics. to change in a systematic way, especially phonetically.

to move from one place, position, direction, etc., to another.

to manage to get along or succeed by oneself.

to get along by indirect methods; use any expediency, trick, or evasion to get along or succeed.

He shifted through life.

to change gears in driving an automobile.

Linguistics. to undergo a systematic, especially phonetic, change.

to press a shift key, as on a typewriter keyboard.

Archaic. to change one's clothes.

a change or transfer from one place, position, direction, person, etc., to another.

a shift in the wind.

a person's scheduled period of work, especially the portion of the day scheduled as a day's work when a shop, service, office, or industry operates continuously during both the day and night.

She prefers the morning shift.

a group of workers scheduled to work during such a period.

The night shift reported.

Baseball. a notable repositioning by several fielders to the left or the right of their normal playing position, an occasional strategy against batters who usually hit the ball to the same side of the field.

Automotive. a gearshift.

Clothing.

1. a straight, loose-fitting dress worn with or without a belt.

2. a woman's chemise or slip.

Football. a lateral or backward movement from one position to another, usually by two or more offensive players just before the ball is put into play.

Mining. a dislocation of a seam or stratum; fault.

Music. a change in the position of the left hand on the fingerboard in playing a stringed instrument.

Linguistics.

1. a change or system of parallel changes that affects the sound structure of a language, as the series of related changes in the English vowel system from Middle English to Modern English.

2. a change in the meaning or use of a word.

an expedient; ingenious device.

Synonyms:

resort, resource, contrivance

an evasion, artifice, or trick.

Synonyms:

stratagem, subterfuge, ruse, wile

change or substitution.

Bridge. shift bid.

Agriculture. (in crop rotation)

1. any of successive crops.

2. the tract of land used.

an act or instance of using the shift key, as on a typewriter keyboard.

to move or cause to move from one place or position to another

(tr) to change for another or others

to change (gear) in a motor vehicle

(intr) (of a sound or set of sounds) to alter in a systematic way

(intr) to provide for one's needs (esp in the phrase shift for oneself )

(intr) to proceed by indirect or evasive methods

to remove or be removed, esp with difficulty

no detergent can shift these stains

slang (intr) to move quickly

(tr) computing to move (bits held in a store location) to the left or right