(noun) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
(noun) One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
(noun) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
(noun) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
Shifter tanım:
Kelime: shift Söyleniş:'shift İşlev:verb Kökeni: Middle English, from Old English sciftan to divide, arrange; akin to Old Norse skipa to arrange, assign transitive senses 1 : to exchange for or replace by another : CHANGE 2 a : to change the place, position, or direction of : MOVEb : to make a change in (place) 3 : to change phonetically intransitive senses 1 a : to change place or position b : to change direction the wind shiftedc : to change gears d : to depress the shift key (as on a typewriter) 2 a : to assume responsibility had to shift for themselves b : to resort to expedients 3 a : to go through a change b : to change one's clothes c : to become changed phonetically - shift·able /'shif-t&-b&l/ adjective - shift·ernoun - shift gears : to make a change
