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shield n. 1 protection, guard, safeguard, defence, screen, bulwark,
shelter: Education is a poor shield against poverty.
--v. 2 protect, guard, safeguard, keep, defend, screen,
shelter: The mother bear will shield the cubs from harm or die
in the attempt.
shift
v. 1 move, change position; edge, budge, relocate, rearrange,
transpose, switch: Shift the picture slightly to the left.
Marla shifted over closer to me on the bench. I almost broke my
leg because you shifted the chair as I was about to sit on it. 2
Usually, shift for (oneself). manage, succeed, make do, look
after, take care of, get or scrape by or along, fend for
(oneself), make it, paddle one's own canoe: Cyril prefers to
live alone and shift for himself. 3 sell, market, move: The
object of advertising is to shift merchandise.
--n. 4 hours, stint, schedule; workforce, relay, crew, cadre,
staff, workers, squad, team, corps, group, party, gang: I
prefer to work the morning shift. The night shift comes on at
1600. 5 change, movement, switch, transfer, swerve, deflection,
veer: Owing to a wind shift, it became impossible to manoeuvre
among the rocks. 6 smock, chemise, muu-muu; caftan or kaftan: A
light cotton shift is the most comfortable thing to wear in such
scorching weather.
shiftless adj. unambitious, lazy, indolent, uninspired, unmotivated,
idle, lackadaisical, irresponsible, uncaring, unenterprising,
aimless, slothful, otiose, ineffective, ne'er-do-well,
good-for-nothing, fain‚ant, pococurante: He calls Geoff a
shiftless vagabond, virtually a tautology.
shifty adj. tricky, artful, shrewd, canny, cunning, foxy, wily, sharp,
devious, slick, evasive, smooth, slippery, scheming, designing,
conniving, calculating, underhand(ed), conspiratorial,
treacherous, traitorous, deceitful, deceiving, duplicitous,
two-faced, Janus-faced, dishonest, crooked, untrustworthy,
Colloq bent: The shifty scoundrel gave me a bad cheque and did
a moonlight flit.
shilly-shally
v. hem and haw, dilly-dally, teeter-totter, see-saw, yo-yo,