overshift
English
/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌʃɪft/, /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈʃɪft/
noun
Definitions
- (sports) The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's strong side, leaving portions of the field or court undefended.
- (mineralogy) The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too far apart for molecular bonding.
- (mechanical engineering) A misalignment resulting from shifting gears too far.
- A change that results in something being moved too far or too many things being moved.
- A work period that extends significantly beyond the normal eight hour shift; An instance of involuntary overtime.
- (geology) An overhang caused by seismic shift.
- An unfitted woman's overgarment.
Etymology
Prefix from English shift.
Origin
English
shift
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airshift English
- backshift English
- blameshift English
- blueshift English
- downshift English
- foreshift English
- frameshift English
- lightshift English
- loanshift English
- midshift English
- multishift English
- nymshift English
- phaseshift English
- placeshift English
- powershift English
- preshift English
- rankshift English
- redshift English
- reshift English
- shift English
- shiftable English
- shiftee English
- shifter English
- shiftest English
- shifteth English
- shiftful English
- shiftless English
- shiftlike English
- shiftmate English
- shiftogram English
- shiftwork English
- shifty English
- speedshift English
- stickshift English
- subshift English
- supershift English
- timeshift English
- transshift English
- undershift English
- unshift English
- upshift English
- シフト Japanese
- schiften Middle English
- sif Indonesian
- quần chíp Vietnamese
- quần sịp Vietnamese
- shift
- shifty
- shiftee
- upshift
- reshift
- unshift
- shifter
- shiftest
- midshift
- shifteth
- preshift
- subshift
- airshift
- shiftful
- redshift
- nymshift
- shiftless
- foreshift
- shiftlike
- downshift
- shiftmate
- backshift
- blueshift
- rankshift
- shiftwork
- loanshift
- timeshift
- shiftable
- transshift
- supershift
- lightshift
- placeshift
- phaseshift
- speedshift
- shiftogram
- multishift
- stickshift
- blameshift
- frameshift
- powershift
- undershift