Synonyms for Shift (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (the time period during which you are at work):
work shift, duty period
WordNet sense 2 ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other):
break, fault, fracture, faulting, geological fault
WordNet sense 3 (an event in which something is displaced without rotation):
displacement
WordNet sense 4 (a qualitative change):
transformation, transmutation
WordNet sense 5 (the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters):
shift key
WordNet sense 6 (a woman's sleeveless undergarment):
chemise, shimmy, slip, teddy
WordNet sense 7 (a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist):
sack
WordNet sense 8 (move around):
transfer, transfer
WordNet sense 9 (move very slightly):
agitate, budge, stir
WordNet sense 10 (move sideways or in an unsteady way):
careen, tilt, wobble
WordNet sense 11 (change place or direction):
dislodge, reposition
WordNet sense 12 (move abruptly):
lurch, pitch
WordNet sense 13 (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another):
change, switch
WordNet sense 14 (the act of moving from one place to another):
shifting
WordNet sense 15 (the act of changing one thing or position for another):
switching
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