n. 25B6; verb
he shifted some chairs : MOVE, carry, transfer, transport, convey, lug, haul, fetch, switch, relocate, reposition, rearrange; informal cart.
she shifted her position : CHANGE, alter, adjust, vary; modify, revise, reverse, retract; do a U-turn.
the cargo has shifted : MOVE, slide, slip, be displaced.
the wind shifted : VEER, alter, change, turn, swing round.
(Brit.) this brush really shifts the dirt : GET RID OF, remove, get off, budge, lift, expunge.
keep.
25B6; noun
the southward shift of people : MOVEMENT, move, transference, transport, transposition, relocation.
a shift in public opinion : CHANGE, alteration, adjustment, amendment, variation, modification, revision, reversal, retraction, U-turn; Brit. about-turn.
they worked three shifts : STINT, stretch, spell of work.
the night shift went home : WORKERS, crew, gang, team, squad, patrol.
(archaic) dubious shifts to make money : STRATAGEM, scheme, subterfuge, expedient, dodge, trick, ruse, wile, strategy, device, plan.
25A0; shift for oneself COPE, manage, survive, make it, fend for oneself, take care of oneself, make do, get by/along, scrape by/along, muddle through; stand on one's own two feet; informal make out.