Shift
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

MOVE
Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"

SACK
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

STIR
A rapid active commotion

SLIP
A socially awkward or tactless act

TILT
Pitching dangerously to one side

VARY
Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

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STINT
An individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"

DRESS
Clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress"

TEDDY
Plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)

BREAK
An escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"

FAULT
Put or pin the blame on

LURCH
An unsteady uneven gait

PITCH
The action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"

BUDGE
United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)

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SWITCH
The act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

CHANGE
The action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"

DIVERT
Turn aside; turn away from

SHIMMY
Lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips

WOBBLE
An unsteady rocking motion

CAREEN
Pitching dangerously to one side

SWERVE
The act of turning aside suddenly

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AGITATE
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

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

8 letters

SHIFTING
The act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"

DISLODGE
Remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"

TRANSFER
Transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

DISPLACE
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

FAULTING
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

FRACTURE
The act of cracking something

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

9 letters

WORKSHIFT
The time period during which you are at work

SWITCHING
The act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

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CHANGEOVER
Make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"

REPOSITION
Depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"

DUTYPERIOD
The time period during which you are at work

12 letters

DISPLACEMENT
Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

13 letters

TRANSMUTATION
An act that changes the form or character or substance of something

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TRANSFORMATION
The act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

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GEOLOGICALFAULT
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"