shift

make a shift in or exchange of

• “First Joe led; then we switched”

change place or direction

• “Shift one”

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”
• “shift one”

change in quality

• “His tone shifted”

move and exchange for another

• “shift the date for our class reunion”

move sideways or in an unsteady way

• “The ship careened out of control”

move abruptly

• “The ship suddenly lurched to the left”

use a shift key on a keyboard

• “She could not shift so all ther letters are written in lower case”

change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

• “Grimm showed how the consonants shifted”

change gears

• “you have to shift when you go down a steep hill”

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

• “switch to a different brand of beer”
• “She switched psychiatrists”
• “The car changed lanes”

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

a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist