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Results for: "shift"

Translating from English to Catalan

Translations:

shift — change of workers
→ torn m
shift — act of shifting
→ canvi m
→ desplaçament m

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (10)

1. an event in which something is displaced without rotation;
[syn: shift, displacement]

2. a qualitative change;
[syn: transformation, transmutation, shift]

3. the time period during which you are at work;
[syn: shift, work shift, duty period]

4. the act of changing one thing or position for another;
- Example: "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
[syn: switch, switching, shift]

5. the act of moving from one place to another;
- Example: "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
[syn: shift, shifting]

6. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;
- Example: "they built it right over a geological fault"
- Example: "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
[syn: fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break]

7. a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time;

8. the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters;
[syn: shift key, shift]

9. a woman's sleeveless undergarment;
[syn: chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy]

10. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist;
[syn: chemise, sack, shift]


VERB (13)

1. make a shift in or exchange of;
- Example: "First Joe led then we switched";
[syn: switch, change over, shift]

2. change place or direction;
- Example: "Shift one's position"
[syn: shift, dislodge, reposition]

3. move around;
- Example: "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
[syn: transfer, shift]

4. move very slightly;
- Example: "He shifted in his seat"
[syn: stir, shift, budge, agitate]

5. move from one setting or context to another;
- Example: "shift the emphasis"
- Example: "shift one's attention"

6. change in quality;
- Example: "His tone shifted"

7. move and exchange for another;
- Example: "shift the date for our class reunion"

8. move sideways or in an unsteady way;
- Example: "The ship careened out of control"
[syn: careen, wobble, shift, tilt]

9. move abruptly;
- Example: "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
[syn: lurch, pitch, shift]

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

11. change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change;
- Example: "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"

12. change gears;
- Example: "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"

13. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;
- Example: "switch to a different brand of beer"
- Example: "She switched psychiatrists"
- Example: "The car changed lanes"
[syn: switch, shift, change]