| noun | the act of moving from one place to another “his constant shifting disrupted the class” |
| verb | make a shift in or exchange of “First Joe led; then we switched” |
| verb | change place or direction “Shift one's position” |
| verb | move around “transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket” |
| verb | move very slightly “He shifted in his seat” |
| verb | move from one setting or context to another “shift the emphasis” |
| verb | change in quality “His tone shifted” |
| verb | move and exchange for another “shift the date for our class reunion” |
| verb | move sideways or in an unsteady way “The ship careened out of control” |
| verb | move abruptly “The ship suddenly lurched to the left” |
| verb | use a shift key on a keyboard “She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case” |
| verb | change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change “Grimm showed how the consonants shifted” |
| verb | change gears “you have to shift when you go down a steep hill” |
| verb | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another “switch to a different brand of beer” |
| adjective | continuously varying “taffeta with shifting colors” |
| adjective | changing position or direction “he drifted into the shifting crowd” |
| adjective | (of soil) unstable “shifting sands” |
| shifty | adjective | changing position or direction |
| shift | verb | move abruptly |
| switch | noun | the act of changing one thing or position for another |
| switching | noun | the act of changing one thing or position for another |
| shift | noun | an event in which something is displaced without rotation |
| shifting | noun | the act of moving from one place to another |
| transferrer | noun | someone who transfers something |
| careen | noun | pitching dangerously to one side |
| wobble | noun | an unsteady rocking motion |
| wobbler | noun | something that wobbles |
| tilt | noun | pitching dangerously to one side |
| lurch | noun | the act of moving forward suddenly |
| pitch | noun | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) |
| pitching | noun | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) |
| shifter | noun | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears |
| shiftiness | noun | the quality of being changeable in direction |