shift

Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.

Move very slightly.

“He shifted in his seat”

Change gears.

“you have to shift when you go down a steep hill”

Change in quality.

“His tone shifted”

Change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.

“Grimm showed how the consonants shifted”

Move and exchange for another.

“shift the date for our class reunion”

Move from one setting or context to another.

“shift the emphasis”

“shift one's attention”

Use a shift key on a keyboard.

“She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case”

Move sideways or in an unsteady way.

Move around.

Change place or direction.

Make a shift in or exchange of.

Move abruptly.

A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist.

An event in which something is displaced without rotation.

The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters.

The act of moving from one place to another.

“his constant shifting disrupted the class”

A qualitative change.

A woman's sleeveless undergarment.

A crew of workers who work for a specific period of time.

The act of changing one thing or position for another.

The time period during which you are at work.

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.