Definition of shifts

"shifts" in the noun sense

1. shift, displacement

an event in which something is displaced without rotation

2. transformation, transmutation, shift

a qualitative change

3. shift, work shift, duty period

the time period during which you are at work

4. switch, switching, shift

the act of changing one thing or position for another

"his switch on abortion cost him the election"

5. shift, shifting

the act of moving from one place to another

"his constant shifting disrupted the class"

6. fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break

geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

"they built it right over a geological fault"

"he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

7. shift

a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

8. shift key, shift

the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

9. chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy

a woman's sleeveless undergarment

10. chemise, sack, shift

a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

"shifts" in the verb sense

1. switch, change over, shift

make a shift in or exchange of then we switched"

"First Joe led

2. shift, dislodge, reposition

change place or direction

"Shift one's position"

3. transfer, shift

move around

"transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"

4. stir, shift, budge, agitate

move very slightly

"He shifted in his seat"

5. shift

move from one setting or context to another

"shift the emphasis"

"shift one's attention"

6. shift

change in quality

"His tone shifted"

7. shift

move and exchange for another

"shift the date for our class reunion"

8. careen, wobble, shift, tilt

move sideways or in an unsteady way

"The ship careened out of control"

9. lurch, pitch, shift

move abruptly

"The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

10. shift

use a shift key on a keyboard

"She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"

11. shift

change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

"Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"

12. shift

change gears

"you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"

13. switch, shift, change

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

"switch to a different brand of beer"

"She switched psychiatrists"

"The car changed lanes"

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Quotations for shifts

Little souls on little shifts rely. [ John Dryden ]

Good unexpected, evil unforeseen,
Appear by turns, as fortune shifts the scene;
Some rais'd aloft, come tumbling down amain
And fall so hard, they bound and rise again. [ Lord Lansdowne ]

Hang him that has no shifts, and hang him that has one too many. [ Proverb ]

Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument. [ Dr. Watts ]

The fox knows many shifts, the cat only one great one, viz., to run up a tree. [ Proverb ]

Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam or caloric or lightning. [ Chapin ]

It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is, and what shifts we make to escape thinking. There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds. [ Lowell ]

Commerce is one of the daughters of Fortune, inconstant and deceitful as her mother. She chooses her residence where she is least expected, and shifts her abode when her continuance is, in appearance, most firmly settled. [ Johnson ]

It is frivolous to fix pedantically the date of particular inventions. They have all been invented over and over fifty times, Man is the arch machine, of which all these shifts drawn from himself are toy models. He helps himself on each emergency by copying or duplicating his own structure, just so far as the need is. [ Emerson ]

shifts in Scrabble®

The word shifts is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters shifts:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word shifts

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In shifts

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shifts in Words With Friends™

The word shifts is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters shifts:

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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word shifts

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In shifts

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Words within the letters of shifts

2 letter words in shifts (4 words)

3 letter words in shifts (6 words)

4 letter words in shifts (8 words)

5 letter words in shifts (3 words)

6 letter words in shifts (1 word)

shifts + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence shifts

Words that start with shifts (1 word)

Words with shifts in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving shifts

Shorter words in shifts

hi shift

if shift

Longer words containing shifts

blueshifts

dayshifts

downshifts

gearshifts

makeshifts

nanoshifts

nightshifts

phaseshifts

redshifts

reshifts

shapeshifts

timeshifts

windshifts