I. verb
|| 1.
Synonyms: apportion 2, divide, ||divvy, parcel, portion, prorate, quota, ration, share
2.
Synonyms: change 5, replace
3.
Synonyms: move 4, dislocate, disturb, remove, ship, transfer
Related Word: alter, change, vary; budge, stir; shuffle; relocate
Idioms: shift place
4.
Synonyms: consume 5, polish off, punish, put away, put down, swill
5.
to carry on one's affairs independently and self-sufficiently often under difficult circumstances
after the divorce, she was forced to shift for herself
Synonyms: do, fare, get along, get by, get on, ||make out, manage, muddle through, stagger (on or along)
Related Word: contrive, survive; freelance; progress, succeed
Idioms: fend for oneself, make do, make it alone, make shift, paddle one's own canoe, stand on one's own two feet
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: conversion 2, alteration, changeover, transformation
2.
Synonyms: resource 3, dernier ressort, expediency, expedient, makeshift, recourse, refuge, resort, stopgap, substitute
Related Word: gambit, maneuver, ploy, strategy
3.
Synonyms: spell 1, bout, go, stint, time, tour, trick, turn
4.
Synonyms: transition , alteration, passage, transit
5.
Synonyms: turn 2, bend, deflection, deviation, double, tack, yaw