Antonyms for shifted
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : shift |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃɪft |
Definition of shifted
Origin :- Old English sciftan, scyftan "arrange, place, order," also "divide, partition; distribute, allot, share," from Proto-Germanic *skiftan (cf. Old Norse skipta "to divide, change, separate," Old Frisian skifta "to decide, determine, test," Dutch schiften "to divide, turn," German schichten "to classify," Schicht "shift"). This is said to be related to the source of Old English sceadan "divide, separate," (see shed (v.)).
- c.1200 as "to dispose; make ready; set in order, control," also intransitive, "take care of oneself." From c.1300 as "to go, move, depart; move (someone or something), transport." Sense of "to alter, to change" appeared mid-13c. (cf. shiftless). Meaning "change the gear setting of an engine" is from 1910; to shift gears in the figurative sense is from 1961. Related: Shifted; shifting.
- verb switch, fluctuate
- Shifted three and a half miles north, where there was better feed and water.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- First he shifted to one foot, and then he shifted his weight to the other.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The schooner ahead of us had to cut, and she shifted her berth outside of us.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- It knocked off raining, but we shifted ourselves at the galley fire below.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Instinctively the girl looked to Kirkwood; then shifted her glance to their host.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Hagar shifted her blanket and thrust out a stubborn under lip.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- The point of view has shifted—and so suddenly, so completely.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- Caradoc assented wearily and shifted his shoulder for the band of linen.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- As if she heard me, she looked up, shifted slightly in her seat and sighed.
- Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
- Granger shifted his feet uneasily as he listened, and half-turned to go.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
Synonyms for shifted
- about-face
- alter
- blow hot and cold
- bottom out
- budge
- change
- change gears
- cook
- deviate
- dial back
- dislocate
- displace
- disturb
- do up
- drift
- exchange
- fault
- flip-flop
- hem and haw
- move
- move around
- move over
- rearrange
- recalibrate
- relocate
- remove
- replace
- reposition
- ship
- shuffle
- slip
- stir
- substitute
- swap places
- swerve
- switch over
- tack
- transfer
- transmogrify
- transpose
- turn
- turn around
- turn the corner
- turn the tables
- vacillate
- vary
- veer
- waffle
- yo-yo
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