Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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shift | Yes | No | Yes | No |
motion | Yes | No | Yes | No |
shift (noun) | motion (noun) |
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the act of moving from one place to another | a change of position that does not entail a change of location |
the act of changing one thing or position for another | the act of changing location from one place to another |
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals |
a woman's sleeveless undergarment | a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote |
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
an event in which something is displaced without rotation | an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object |
a qualitative change | a state of 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 |
shift (verb) | motion (verb) |
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make a shift in or exchange of | show, express or direct through movement |
move and exchange for another | |
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | |
move from one setting or context to another | |
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 |