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Shift

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Meaning

Noun

●
A
to do something, a beginning.
●
An
of
; a
or change.
●
A
, a
on division.
●
A type of
of
under
or
, a
or chemise.
●
In Clothing:
A
straight-hanging,
dress.
●
A change of
, now
a set group of
or
of working time.
●
In American English & Buttons:
The
in a
vehicle.
●
Alternative
of Shift (“a
of
keyboards”).
●
In Computing:
  • A
    or
    used to change between different
    sets.
  • An
    of the use of such a
    or character.
    • ●
    In Computing & Buttons:
    A
    shift.
    ●
    In Baseball:
    An
    shift.
    ●
    In Irish English:
    The
    of
    passionately.
    ●
    A
    , a
    to
    when other methods fail.
    ●
    A
    , an artifice.
    ●
    In Construction:
    The
    , or
    , of the
    of
    ,
    ,
    , etc; that are
    in
    joints.
    ●
    In Mining:
    A
    and
    of a
    ; a fault.
    ●
    In Genetics:
    A
    in which the DNA or RNA from two different
    (such as
    or
    ) combine.
    ●
    In Music:
    In violin-playing, any
    of the
    except that
    the nut.
    ●
    A
    of
    which
    in another
    , usually
    through
    or other means.
    ●
    be done; ruined
    ●
    In Buttons & Computing:
    A
    whose main
    is
    between two or more
    of any of certain other
    (usually by
    Shift and the other
    simultaneously).

    Verb

    ●
    To
    from one place to another; to redistribute.
    ●
    To change
    or
    ; switch.
    ●
    To change position.
    ●
    In Indian English:
    To change
    ; to
    and
    elsewhere.
    ●
    In Clothing & Underwear:
    To change (clothes, especially underwear).
    ●
    In Clothing & Underwear:
    To change (someone's)
    ; sometimes
    , to change underwear.
    ●
    To change
    (in a car).
    ●
    To
    the
    of a
    over in order to type
    and
    characters.
    ●
    To
    to a
    for
    and
    s.
    ●
    In Computing:
    To
    a
    by
    its
    or right;
    rotate.
    ●
    In Computing:
    To
    the first value from an array.
    ●
    To
    of.
    ●
    To
    ; to
    quickly.
    ⚠️
    In Irish English:
    To
    in
    petting.
    ●
    To
    to
    for
    a
    ; to
    ; to manage.
    ●
    To
    or
    methods.
    ●
    In Music:
    In violin-playing, to
    the
    from its
    the nut.
    ●
    To change the
    in through
    or other means.
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    Origin

    shift
    English
    arrow
    sciftan
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    Sourced from
    Etym

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