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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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