Shift
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NOUN
an event in which something is displaced without rotation
a qualitative change
the time period during which you are at work
the act of moving from one place to another
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
VERB
make a shift in or exchange of
change place or direction
move around
move from one setting or context to another
change in quality
move and exchange for another
use a shift key on a keyboard
change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
change gears
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