'shift' in a sentence

: an event in which something is displaced without rotation

: a qualitative change

: the time period during which you are at work

: the act of changing one thing or position for another

: the act of moving from one place to another

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

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

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

: a woman's sleeveless undergarment

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

: make a shift in or exchange of

: change place or direction

: move around

: move very slightly

: move from one setting or context to another

: change in quality

: move and exchange for another

: move sideways or in an unsteady way

: move abruptly

: use a shift key on a keyboard

: change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

: change gears

: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another