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shift
 
vi.
 
1.
Def.: eggalin
MS: eggalin
If someone or something shifts, they move from one place to another.
The wind has shifted, so now it's coming from the west.
My sister shifted to a new house last month, because the old house was burned.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: eggalinen ka minsan nekey
MS: eggalinen
If you shift something, you move it from one place to another.
He shifted the books to the other table.
Miggalin din ka me libru diyè te lein ne lamisa.
 
n-ct.
 
3.
Def.: peggalin
MS: peggalin
an action of moving or changing.
There has been a shift in people's thinking, so now many people agree with him.
 
n-ct.
 
4.
Def.: pegsaliyu; pegsubal
MS: pegsaliyu; pegsubal
If a place of work is open for many hours each day, a shift is the time when a particular group of people work (e.g., morning shift, night shift).
Nurses sometimes work night shifts.
Sem.Dom.: AWL3
Status: ready

Last updated: 12/Apr/2012