Synonym: alter, change, substitute, vary. Similar words: lift, drift, fifty, fifth, gifted, fifteen, gift shop, shit. Meaning: [ʃɪft] 
n. 1. an event in which something is displaced without rotation 2. a qualitative change 3. the time period during which you are at work 4. the act of changing one thing or position for another 5. the act of moving from one place to another 6. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other 7. a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time 8. the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters 9. a woman's sleeveless undergarment 10. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. v. 1. make a shift in or exchange of 2. change place or direction 3. move around 4. move very slightly 5. move from one setting or context to another 6. change in quality 7. move and exchange for another 8. move sideways or in an unsteady way 9. move abruptly 10. use a shift key on a keyboard 11. change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change 12. change gears 13. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.
n. 1. an event in which something is displaced without rotation 2. a qualitative change 3. the time period during which you are at work 4. the act of changing one thing or position for another 5. the act of moving from one place to another 6. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other 7. a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time 8. the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters 9. a woman's sleeveless undergarment 10. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. v. 1. make a shift in or exchange of 2. change place or direction 3. move around 4. move very slightly 5. move from one setting or context to another 6. change in quality 7. move and exchange for another 8. move sideways or in an unsteady way 9. move abruptly 10. use a shift key on a keyboard 11. change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change 12. change gears 13. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another. 
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121, The epoch of blue shift is usually confined to the time when the object is still inside the event horizon.
122, These borders continuously shift like the edges of soap bubbles.
123, Those last years saw a gradual shift from the somnambulance and uncertain awakenings of my earlier time in college.
124, For single quotes or apostrophes leave out the Shift key.
125, An upward shift would be produced by changing to a new standard at a lower concentration than that required for the test.
126, By contrast, there was a general shift from subsistence agriculture to the production of cash crops and the provision of services.
127, But it does shift some people's choices quite sharply in the direction of lower total cost or lower APR.
128, Here the prospect of building an ethic on spontaneity and awareness brings about an unexpected shift of the burden of proof.
129, With the tab stops at 35, 50 and 55 deleted, the headings shift to more appropriate locations. 12.
130, Clearly the review might shift this balance making pensions the obvious target.
131, You will supervise a staff of five. Round the-clock coverage, two people per shift.
132, They show that the crucial shift to self-fertilization in the cultivated plant involves but a single gene.
133, Bell, however, offers no direct evidence to substantiate the claim that there has been a shift in demand to services.
134, On Friday 6 June night shift workers again took unofficial action when a mixed material containing asbestos dust spilled.
135, Since the 1960s there has been a marked shift from moral absolutism to relativism.
136, My feelings about my childhood shift around all the time.
137, Even so, this shift in thinking is taking place at an awkward time.
138, But now the pressure will shift to revenues as the advertising industry environment sours.
139, Training will be a real partnership between government and industry, not an excuse to shift all the burden on to employers. Sentencedict.com
140, Then, hold down the Shift key and move the cursor to the end of the block you want selected.
141, Which make you cringe slightly, or shift about in your seat?
142, The shift of emphasis, from degree of differentiation to cell cycle, is crucial and huge.
143, Industrial relations became strained when the post office abolished a flexible shift system at the SWindon branch.
144, A shift in emphasis back to the rural areas was manifested by what might be termed an urbanization of the countryside.
145, Tables 6.6 and 6.7 give two views of this shift, considering different time periods and employing different classifications.
146, For many pro-reform Soviet citizens, Nevzorov personified the hardline editorial shift in television broadcasting.
147, There has been an abrupt shift in the government thinking regarding these issues.
148, I was working the swing shift when Albert White said he knew a guy that was going to start a newspaper business.
149, A clear shift of power away from the hospital consultants was apparent.
150, This specifically educational definition has of course continued, but its adoption by artists marks a significant shift.
More similar words: lift, drift, fifty, fifth, gifted, fifteen, gift shop, shit, T-shirt, cash in, fishing, fashion, cash in on, ownership, membership, leadership, old-fashioned, citizenship, scholarship, partnership, championship, relationship.