Definition of Shifts

1. Noun. (plural of Shift) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of shift) ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of shift) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shifts

1. shift [v] - See also: shift

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shifts

shifting
shifting cultivation
shifting dullness
shifting executory interest
shifting executory interests
shifting pacemaker
shiftingly
shiftings
shiftless
shiftlessly
shiftlessness
shiftlessnesses
shiftlike
shiftmate
shiftmates
shifts (current term)
shiftwork
shifty
shiftyness
shigaite
shigella
shigella boydii
shigella dysenteriae
shigella flexneri
shigella sonnei
shigellae
shigellas
shigelloses
shigellosis
shigram

Literary usage of Shifts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The relative magnitudes of the solvent shifts in benzene and pyridine for the ring méthylène and methyl sub- stituents of each of quiñones 2-7 as compared ..."

2. Who's Minding the Kids: Child Care Arrangements Fall 1991 by Lynne W. Casper (1994)
"Use of organized child care facilities was also more prevalent for children of women working day shifts, accounting for 30 percent of all child care ..."

3. American Fuels by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1922)
"LABOR 425—10- & 12-hour shifts (285 day shifts) 1 .Superintendent and briquet expert, per annum $ 3000.00 1 Assistant superintendent at nights, per annum. ..."

4. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"CHAPTER V. t * The agreeable fellow-passengers.—Risks from friends picked .tp by the wayside.— Sketches of Holland and the Dutch.—shifts while a ..."

5. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1851)
"shifts while a poor student at Leyden.—The tulip speculation.—The provident flute.—Sojourn at Paris. ... Travelling shifts of a philosophic vagabond. ..."

6. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"The Agreeable Fellow-Passengers — Risks from Friend's Picked up by the Wayside—Sketches of Holland and the Dutch—shifts while a Poor Student at Leyden—The ..."

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