shift

Definitions

• (historical) A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
• A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
• An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
• (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
• (alternative spelling of) Shift.
• (computing) A bit shift.
• (baseball) The infield shift.
• (Ireland) The act of kissing passionately.
• (archaic) A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.
• (archaic) A trick, an artifice.
• (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
• (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
• (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
• (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.