shift

shift is a valid 5-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does shift mean?

  • A valid word accepted in tournament Scrabble and Words With Friends play.

  • verb

    lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

  • noun

    a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

  • noun

    an event in which something is displaced without rotation

  • noun

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

  • noun

    the act of moving from one place to another

  • noun

    a qualitative change

  • verb

    move very slightly

  • noun

    a woman's sleeveless undergarment

  • noun

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

  • verb

    change gears

  • verb

    change in quality

  • noun

    the act of changing one thing or position for another

  • verb

    change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

  • verb

    move and exchange for another

  • verb

    move from one setting or context to another

  • verb

    use a shift key on a keyboard

  • verb

    move sideways or in an unsteady way

  • verb

    move around

  • verb

    change place or direction

  • noun

    the time period during which you are at work

  • noun

    (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

  • verb

    make a shift in or exchange of

  • verb

    move abruptly

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