Umschalttaste

Phonetic: "/ʃɪft/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).

Phonetic: "/ʃɪft/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A type of women's undergarment, a slip.

Example: Just last week she bought a new shift at the market.

Definition: A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.

Example: We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.

Definition: An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

Example: There was a shift in the political atmosphere.

Definition: The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.

Example: Does it come with a stick-shift?

Definition: A bit shift.

Definition: The infield shift.

Example: Teams often use the shift against this lefty.

Definition: (often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.

Definition: A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.

Definition: A trick, an artifice.

Definition: The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.

Definition: A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

Definition: A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.

Definition: In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.

Phonetic: "/ʃɪft/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.

Example: We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.

Definition: To change in form or character; swap.

Definition: To change position.

Example: His political stance shifted daily.

Definition: To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.

Example: We are shifting to America next month.

Definition: To change (clothes, especially underwear).

Definition: To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.

Definition: To change gears (in a car).

Example: I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.

Definition: (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.

Definition: (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.

Definition: To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.

Example: Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100.

Definition: To remove the first value from an array.

Definition: To dispose of.

Example: How can I shift a grass stain?

Definition: To hurry.

Example: If you shift, you might make the 2:19.

Definition: To engage in sexual petting.

Definition: To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

Definition: To practice indirect or evasive methods.

Definition: In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.