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shifts
the relative displacement of rock masses on opposite sides of a fault or fault zone, an effort or expedient exerted or tried in difficult circumstances, to change direction, a change in direction, a simultaneous change of position in football by two or more players from one side of the line to the other, a bid in bridge in a suit other than the suit one's partner has bid compare jump, a means or device for getting something done, a removal or transfer from one thing or place to another see chloride shift, a change in place or position, a group of people who work or occupy themselves in turn with other groups, to change the gear rotating the transmission shaft of an automobile, slip entry 2 sense 5a, to get along without help, a change in emphasis, judgment, or attitude, to exchange for another of the same kind, to assume responsibility, gearshift, to change phonetically, a deceitful or underhand scheme, to change place or position, to depress the shift key (as on a typewriter), to change gears, a group of workers who work together during a scheduled period of time, a change of clothes, a usually loose-fitting or semifitted dress, a woman's slip or chemise, a change in frequency resulting in a change in position of a spectral line or band compare doppler effect, a change of positions made by one or more players in baseball to provide better defense against a particular hitter, to make a change in place, position, or direction, chemise sense 2, a removal from one person or thing to another, a change in the position of the hand on a fingerboard (as of a violin), a means or device for effecting an end, fault sense 4, to go through a change, to become changed phonetically, to resort to expedients, to make a change, to exchange for or replace by another, a change of one group of people (such as workers) for another in regular alternation, the period of time during which they work, a movement of bits in a computer register (see register entry 1 sense 9) a specified number of places to the right or left, a scheduled period of work or duty, to change one's clothes, the act of shifting, consonant shift, a change in place, position, or frequency, to make a change in (place), shirt, to change the place, position, or direction of
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shifts
the relative displacement of rock masses on opposite sides of a fault or fault zone, an effort or expedient exerted or tried in difficult circumstances, to chan
moves,removes,transfers,carries,conveys,disturbs,hauls,transport,Bears,moves
fixes,freezes,secures,sets,lodges,Moors,roots
shiftlessly => shiftlessly, shields => shields, shied (from or away from) => avoid (something or a place), shibboleths => shibboleths, sheughs => gullies,
