shifts is a form of:
Shift
noun
- 1.
- (A change, a group of people working in relay with other groups expedient, a deceitful scheme trick, a gear shift, a piece of evasion, a scheme for achieving something, a woman's straight cut dress) ការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ, ការប្រែប្រួល់
Example: Father now works on the day shift, night shift, There are 2 shifts of position in the football teams, shift the responsibility on to, desperate shift day [night] shift. - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ, វេន, ល្បិច
verb — past tense: shifted ; past participle: shifted ; present participle: shifting ;
- 1.
- ផ្លាស់ប្តូ, ផ្ទេរ, ដាក់លើអ្នកដទៃ (កំហុស, ការទទួលខុសត្រូវ)
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (~ something from..., to..) (to change or move from one position to another, to change form or character, to change (gears) in driving a motor vehicle, to move very quickly) shift one's weight ប្ដូរកន្លែង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The act of shifting.
- 2.
- The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.
- 3.
- The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.
- 4.
- A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- 5.
- A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.
verb — past tense: shifted ; past participle: shifted ; present participle: shifting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
- 8.
- (TRANSITIVE) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.