shifting [shift]  
Main Entry:
shift  [shift]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: switch, fluctuate
Synonyms: about-face, alter, blow hot and cold, bottom out, budge, change, change gears, cook*, deviate, dial back, dislocate, displace, disturb, do up, drift, exchange, fault, flip-flop, hem and haw, move, move around, move over, rearrange, recalibrate, relocate, remove, replace, reposition, ship, shuffle, slip, stir, substitute, swap places, swerve, switch over, tack, transfer, transmogrify, transpose, turn, turn around, turn the corner, turn the tables, vacillate, vary, veer, waffle, yo-yo
Antonyms: deactivate, remain, stagnate
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: alter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: change
Synonyms: adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, correct mid-course, develop, dial back, diversify, doctor, fine tune, make different, metamorphose, modify, mutate, phony up, recalibrate, recast, reconstruct, refashion, reform, remodel, renovate, reshape, revamp, revise, shift, transform, transmute, turn, vary
Antonyms: continue, fix, keep, let stand, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain
Main Entry: alternate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take turns, change back and forth
Synonyms: act reciprocally, alter, blow hot and cold, change, come and go, exchange, fill in for, fluctuate, follow, follow in turn, interchange, intersperse, oscillate, relieve, rotate, seesaw, shift, shilly-shally, substitute, sway, vacillate, vary, waver, yo-yo
Antonyms: continue
Main Entry: become
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: evolve into
Synonyms: alter to, assume form of, be converted to, be reduced to, be reformed, be remodeled, be transformed into, change into, come, come to be, convert, develop into, emerge as, eventually be, grow into, incline, mature, metamorphose, pass into, ripen into, shift, turn into, turn out, wax
Main Entry: budge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dislodge from staid position
Synonyms: bend, change, change position, convince, give way, inch, influence, locomote, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield
Main Entry: bump
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move over, dislodge
Synonyms: budge, displace, remove, shift
Main Entry: carry
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: transport physical object
Synonyms: backpack, bear, bring, cart, channel, conduct, convey, convoy, displace, ferry, fetch, freight, funnel, give, haul, heft, hoist, import, lift, lug, move, pack, pipe, portage, relay, relocate, remove, schlepp, shift, shoulder, sustain, take, tote, traject, transfer, transmit, transplant, truck, waft
Main Entry: change
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make or become different
Synonyms: accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, make innovations, make over, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, recondition, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remake, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, restyle, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, tamper with, temper, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp
Antonyms: continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay
Main Entry: change
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: substitute, replace
Synonyms: alternate, barter, convert, displace, exchange, interchange, invert, remove, reverse, shift, supplant, swap, switch around, trade, transmit, transpose
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