shifteth

Verb

shift (third-person singular simple present shifts, present participle shifting, simple past and past participle shifted)

1. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
   • We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.

   Synonyms:

   relocate, transfer, budge, interchange, move, rearrange, redistribute, stir, travel

2. (ergative, figuratively) To change in form or character; switch.
   • As a result, I shifted my approach to focus on group-generated activities and broadened the chronological time frame.2008, June Granatir Alexander, Ethnic Pride, American Patriotism, page ix

   Synonyms:

   interchange, swap, commute, counterchange, exchange, replace, substitute, switch, transpose, convert

3. (figuratively, intransitive, reflexive, sometimes) To change position; to move.
   • She shifted slightly in her seat.

   Synonyms:

   reposition

4. (India, intransitive) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
   • We are shifting to America next month.

   Synonyms:

   move, relocate

5. (obsolete, transitive) To change (clothes, especially underwear); to change the clothes of.
   • 'Tis very good to wash his hands and face often, to shift his clothes, to have fair linen about him, to be decently and comely attired […]., II.ii.2
6. (obsolete, reflexive, transitive) To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.
   • As it were, to ride day and night; and […] not to have patience to shift me.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...

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