Shifting - English meaning

verb

Carry the weight of; support.

Usage examples:

The bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their …

noun

A large, heavy mammal that walks on the soles of its feet, having thick fur and a very short tail. bears are related to the dog family but most species are omnivorous.

Usage examples:

Recent dna analysis indicates that giant pandas are more closely related to bears and red pandas ar…

noun

Be pregnant with

verb

Take or go with (someone or something) to a place.

Usage examples:

She brought luke home from hospital

verb

To take or carry someone or something to a place or a person, or in the direction of the person speaking

Usage examples:

Bring me that book./bring that book to me., i brought my daughter to the office., [ m ] next time y…

verb

To make something come to a particular place, point, or level

Usage examples:

Producers need to bring oil production to levels that create more stable and more sustainable oil p…

verb

Support and move (someone or something) from one place to another.

Usage examples:

Medics were carrying a wounded man on a stretcher

noun

An act of carrying something from one place to another.

Usage examples:

We did a carry of equipment from the camp

verb

To transport or take from one place to another

Usage examples:

The plane carried 116 passengers and a crew of seven., would you like me to carry your bag for you?…

noun

A strong open vehicle with two or four wheels, typically used for carrying loads and pulled by a horse.

Usage examples:

A horse and cart

verb

Convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle.

Usage examples:

The meat was pickled in salt and carted to el paso

noun

A vehicle with either two or four wheels that is pushed by a person, or pulled by an animal, esp. a horse, and is used for carrying goods

verb

Transport or carry to a place.

Usage examples:

Pipes were laid to convey water to the house

verb

To express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people

Usage examples:

His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion., convey something to someone please convey …

verb

To take or carry someone or something to a particular place

Usage examples:

The goods are usually conveyed by rail., convey something to someone could you convey a message to …

verb

Take over the place, position, or role of.

Usage examples:

He believes that books may be displaced by the electronic word

verb

To force something or someone out of its usual or original place

Usage examples:

A major government offensive against rebel groups threatens to displace large numbers of people.

verb

To force something out of its usual or original position

Usage examples:

The blow displaced the woman's eardrum and left her partially deaf.

verb

Go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone.

Usage examples:

He ran to fetch help

noun

The distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.

Usage examples:

Wave disturbance was estimated by measuring the fetch for wave height on maps as the width of the r…

noun

The apparition or double of a living person, formerly believed to be a warning of that person's impending death.

Usage examples:

I saw a fetch who looked like me

verb

(of a person) pull or drag with effort or force.

Usage examples:

He hauled his bike out of the shed

noun

A quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally.

Usage examples:

They escaped with a haul of antiques

verb

Draw slowly or heavily

verb

Carry or drag (a heavy or bulky object) with great effort.

Usage examples:

She began to lug her suitcase down the stairs

noun

A box or crate used for transporting fruit.

Usage examples:

A truck piled high with wooden lugs of grapes

noun

A person's ear.

Usage examples:

I couldn't hear what they were saying with that leather over my lugs

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

A change of place, position, or state.

Usage examples:

She made a sudden move towards me

verb

Change location

verb

Change the position of.

Usage examples:

She rearranged her skirt as she sat back in her chair

verb

To change the order, position, or time of arrangements already made

Usage examples:

Our bedrooms are so small we can’t rearrange the furniture., [ c ] there was a last-minute rearrang…

verb

Move to a new place and establish one's home or business there.

Usage examples:

Sixty workers could face redundancy because the firm is relocating

verb

To move to a new place

Usage examples:

[ i ] the company will relocate, but a new home has not been chosen yet., big contracts make the re…

verb

To move to a different place to work, or to be moved to a different place to work

Usage examples:

Many businesses in the region have closed or relocated abroad., relocate (sb/sth) to/from/in somewh…

verb

Place in a different position; adjust or alter the position of.

Usage examples:

Try repositioning the thermostat in another room

verb

To change the way that people think about a product, service, or company

Usage examples:

She has completely repositioned the newspaper, from the political right to a broadly left of centre…

verb

Move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.

Usage examples:

She slid down the bank into the water

noun

A structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down.

Usage examples:

Anna played on the slide

verb

Move smoothly along a surface

verb

Lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance.

Usage examples:

I slipped over on the ice

noun

An act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance.

Usage examples:

A single slip could send them plummeting down the mountainside

noun

A small piece of paper, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

Usage examples:

His monthly salary slip

noun

A device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Usage examples:

The guard hit a switch and the gate swung open

verb

Change the position, direction, or focus of.

Usage examples:

The company switched the boats to other routes

verb

Device for making or breaking the connections in a circuit

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

verb

Move from one place to another.

Usage examples:

He intends to transfer the fund's assets to the treasury

noun

An act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.

Usage examples:

A transfer of wealth to the eu's poorer nations

verb

Move from one place to another

verb

Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship.

Usage examples:

The bulk of freight traffic was transported by lorry

noun

A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place.

Usage examples:

Many possess their own forms of transport

verb

To take goods or people from one place to another

Usage examples:

The movers will transport thousands of pictures, charts, and recordings to the library., in many ci…

verb

Cause (two or more things) to exchange places.

Usage examples:

The situation might have been the same if the parties in opposition and government had been transpo…

noun

A matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging each row and the corresponding column.

Usage examples:

The new matrix is called the transpose of a

verb

To change the order of something

Usage examples:

The total was wrong because i had transposed two numbers.