Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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shift | Yes | No | Yes | No |
crack | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
shift (noun) | crack (noun) |
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the act of moving from one place to another | the act of cracking something |
the act of changing one thing or position for another | a usually brief attempt |
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | a narrow opening |
a woman's sleeveless undergarment | a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive |
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters | a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts |
an event in which something is displaced without rotation | witty remark |
a qualitative change | a sudden sharp noise |
a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time | a long narrow cleft |
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | a long narrow depression in a surface |
the time period during which you are at work | a chance to do something |
shift (adjective) | crack (adjective) |
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of the highest quality |
shift (verb) | crack (verb) |
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make a shift in or exchange of | break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension |
move and exchange for another | become fractured; break or crack on the surface only |
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | break partially but keep its integrity |
move from one setting or context to another | cause to become cracked |
change in quality | reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking |
change gears | break into simpler molecules by means of heat |
change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change | pass through (a barrier) |
use a shift key on a keyboard | tell spontaneously |
change place or direction | hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise |
move very slightly | suffer a nervous breakdown |
move around | make a sharp sound |
move abruptly | make a very sharp explosive sound |
move sideways or in an unsteady way | gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions |