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Nouns (13)

shift

n. a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

shift key, Shift

n. keyboard key to control upper and lower case and numbers and symbols

shift, displacement

n. an event in which something is displaced without rotation

shift, shifting

n. the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"

shift key, shift

n. the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

switch, switching, shift

n. the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

Shift

n. magazine

Verbs (21)

shift

v. move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"

shift

v. change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"

shift

v. use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"

transfer, shift

v. move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"

switch, shift, change

v. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"

change, switch, shift

v. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"

careen, wobble, shift, tilt

v. move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

shift, dislodge, reposition

v. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

lurch, pitch, shift

v. move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

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Fuzzynyms (104)

move, transfer

v. term used in word processing and graphics for relocating text and images

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

transfer

v. cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"

faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle

v. disturb the composure of

relocate

v. move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"

refer

v. use a name to designate; "Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary"

charge, level, point

v. direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"

fluctuate

v. be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"

turn around

v. improve dramatically; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"

reform

v. break up the molecules of; "reform oil"

cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch

v. heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

exchange, change, interchange

v. give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

assent, accede, acquiesce

v. to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"

stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

weave, wind, thread, meander, wander

v. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle

v. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

roll

v. move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"

gyrate, spiral, coil

v. to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

rotate, circumvolve

v. cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"

whirl, birl, spin, twirl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

pitch

v. fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

rock, sway

v. cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

flip, toss

v. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle

v. walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"

swing

v. alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"

affect, impress, move, strike

v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate

v. shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

flail, thresh

v. move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

loosen, loose

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

tease, tease apart, loosen

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

loosen

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

remove, transfer

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

relocate

v. move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"

rock, sway

v. cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

flail, thresh

v. move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

flip, toss

v. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

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Antonyms (8)

stay, remain, rest

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

leave, leave alone, leave behind

v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

keep, stay fresh

v. fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time"

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