[
  {
    "word": "shift",
    "phonetic": "/\u0283\u026aft/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0283\u026aft/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/shift-ca.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43869762"
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0283\u026aft/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0283\u026aft/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "shift key"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A type of women's undergarment, a slip.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Just last week she bought a new shift at the market."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There was a shift in the political atmosphere."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Does it come with a stick-shift?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A bit shift.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The infield shift.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Teams often use the shift against this lefty."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A trick, an artifice.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To change in form or character; swap.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To change position.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His political stance shifted daily."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.",
            "synonyms": [
              "move"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We are shifting to America next month."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To change (clothes, especially underwear).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To change gears (in a car).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I crested the hill and shifted into fifth."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To remove the first value from an array.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To dispose of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "How can I shift a grass stain?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To hurry.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "If you shift, you might make the 2:19."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To engage in sexual petting.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To practice indirect or evasive methods.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "reposition",
          "interchange",
          "swap",
          "get rid of",
          "remove",
          "fondle",
          "grope",
          "hasten",
          "rush",
          "relocate",
          "transfer",
          "move"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "unshift"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shift",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shift"
    ]
  }
]