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switch: make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" change place or direction; "Shift one's position" transfer: move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" an event in which something is displaced without rotation stir: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" transformation: a qualitative change move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" the time period during which you are at work change in quality; "His tone shifted" move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion" switch: the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" careen: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" lurch: move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" fault: (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" a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case" shift key: the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" chemise: a woman's sleeveless undergarment change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" switch: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" chemise: a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
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A level (van der Merwe 1989, also "tonality level", Kubik's "tonal step", and John Blacking's "root progression") is a temporary modal frame contrasted with another built on a different foundation note. It is more general and basic than a chord and is found in Asian, African, and Celtic folk musics and in European Renaissance music. ...
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Shift work is an employment practice designed to make use of the 24 hours of the clock, rather than a standard working day. A day may for example be divided into three shifts each of eight hours, and an employee works just one of those shifts; they might for example be 00:00 to 08:00, 08:00 to 16:00, 16:00 to 24:00 (times given in the 24-hour clock). ...
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A change of position by one or more offensive players as they await the snap of the ball. Ice Hockey: The amount of time a particular player or line is on the ice.
Ãâó: library.thinkquest.org/12590/dictionary.htm
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To "shift the shoes" is an archaic term for a reset.
Ãâó: www.horseshoes.com/glossary/s/gls-s.htm
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