Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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shift | Yes | No | Yes | No |
sack | Yes | No | Yes | No |
shift (noun) | sack (noun) |
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the act of moving from one place to another | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
the act of changing one thing or position for another | the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter |
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases |
a woman's sleeveless undergarment | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist |
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters | a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily |
an event in which something is displaced without rotation | a woman's full loose hiplength jacket |
a qualitative change | any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) |
a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time | the quantity contained in a sack |
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | an enclosed space |
the time period during which you are at work |
shift (verb) | sack (verb) |
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make a shift in or exchange of | put in a sack |
move and exchange for another | plunder (a town) after capture |
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | make as a net profit |
move from one setting or context to another | terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position |
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 |