shift-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: cause to change or exchange; transfer something

Commentary: Syntax is : NP1 SHIFT NP2
NOTE: NP1 causes NP2 to change, exchange, shift or transfer from one postion or status to another.

Examples:
She shifted her weight from one spiked Armani heel to the other.
I've shifted jobs three times in the last year.
The tracking capacity enables us to shift attention from one spatial region to another.
They will shift focus to show they mean business.
Conversion programs shift the date taking at least 130 years into consideration.
He shifted lanes several times, believing that police officers wanted to pass him.
The sea winds shifted the sand, creating a range of large sand dunes.
There, coastal currents shifted cold water north as far as East Cape.

Mappings:
VerbNet: convert-26.6.2,send-11.1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: shift.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 13

Sense Number 2: move or change one's own position or quality

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 SHIFT[intransitive]
NOTE: NP1 does the moving.

Examples:
She shifted slightly in her chair.
She shifted uneasily from one foot to the other.
The wind shifted to the northwest and the temperature fell quickly.
While in this turn to final, the boat shifted left 30 degrees, then shifted back to center.
The currents shifted abruptly equatorward in early 1998 at the outer-shelf mooring.
His tone shifted dramatically.
Jim's attention shifted back and forth.
However, in the 1970s the focus shifted to the information technology (IT) sector.

Mappings:
VerbNet: convert-26.6.2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: shift.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9

Sense Number 3: change gear

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[agent] SHIFT PP/NP2

Examples:
I shifted into fourth (gear).
You have to shift when you go down a steep hill.
In cars that are automatics, you don't have to bother with shifting gears.
He lost his balance as the boat shifted in gear.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: shift.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 12

Sense Number 4: Linguistics- altered as a part of a systematic historical change

Examples:
Grimm showed how the consonants shifted.
During the late Middle English period, most English vowels shifted their pronunciation.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11

Sense Number 5: press shift key

Examples:
She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10