move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance

a team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house

the roof cracked and shifted

change gear in a vehicle

she shifted down to fourth

be evasive or indirect

they know not how to shift and rob as the old ones do

kiss and engage in sexually stimulating activity with (someone)

she had kissed or shifted him three months earlier at a house party

a slight change in position, direction, or tendency

a shift in public opinion

each of two or more recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay

Anne was on the night shift

a woman's straight unwaisted dress

an ingenious or devious device or stratagem

the thousand shifts and devices of which Hannibal was a master

a period of kissing and engaging in sexually stimulating activity with someone

from getting the shift to getting hitched, there is an app for everything these days

the stage of a night out where you’re looking for a shift