Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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lurch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
shift | Yes | No | Yes | No |
lurch (noun) | shift (noun) |
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an unsteady uneven gait | the act of moving from one place to another |
the act of moving forward suddenly | the act of changing one thing or position for another |
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist |
a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage) | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters | |
an event in which something is displaced without rotation | |
a qualitative change | |
a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time | |
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | |
the time period during which you are at work |
lurch (verb) | shift (verb) |
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defeat by a lurch | make a shift in or exchange of |
move abruptly | move and exchange for another |
move slowly and unsteadily | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another |
walk as if unable to control one's movements | move from one setting or context to another |
loiter about, with no apparent aim | change in quality |
change gears | |
change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change | |
use a shift key on a keyboard | |
change place or direction | |
move very slightly | |
move around | |
move abruptly | |
move sideways or in an unsteady way |