| cock | | |
| n. (body) | 1. cock, dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, shaft, tool | obscene terms for penis. |
| ~ penis, phallus, member | the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism). |
| ~ dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, filth, smut | an offensive or indecent word or phrase. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. cock, stopcock, turncock | faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid. |
| ~ faucet, spigot | a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cock, hammer | the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled. |
| ~ firing mechanism, gunlock | the action that ignites the charge in a firearm. |
| ~ striker | the part of a mechanical device that strikes something. |
| n. (animal) | 4. cock, rooster | adult male chicken. |
| ~ gallus gallus, chicken | a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. |
| ~ cockerel | a young domestic cock; not older than one year. |
| n. (animal) | 5. cock | adult male bird. |
| ~ bird | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. |
| ~ fighting cock, gamecock | a cock bred and trained for fighting. |
| v. (motion) | 6. cock | tilt or slant to one side.; "cock one's head" |
| ~ cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch | heel over.; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" |
| v. (contact) | 7. cock | set the trigger of a firearm back for firing. |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| v. (motion) | 8. cock, prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup | to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| shift | | |
| n. (event) | 1. displacement, shift | an event in which something is displaced without rotation. |
| ~ amplitude | (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave. |
| ~ luxation | displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ. |
| ~ translation | a uniform movement without rotation. |
| n. (event) | 2. shift, transformation, transmutation | a qualitative change. |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| ~ betterment, improvement, advance | a change for the better; progress in development. |
| ~ population shift | a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population. |
| ~ pyrolysis | transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat. |
| ~ sea change | a profound transformation. |
| ~ sublimation | (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid. |
| ~ tin disease, tin pest, tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures. |
| ~ changeover, conversion, transition | an event that results in a transformation. |
| ~ retrogression, degeneration | passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form. |
| ~ strengthening | becoming stronger. |
| ~ weakening | becoming weaker. |
| n. (time) | 3. duty period, shift, work shift | the time period during which you are at work. |
| ~ hours | a period of time assigned for work.; "they work long hours" |
| ~ workday, working day | the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage.; "they work an 8-hour day" |
| ~ go, spell, tour, turn | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else).; "it's my go"; "a spell of work" |
| ~ trick | a period of work or duty. |
| ~ watch | a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty. |
| ~ day shift | the work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.). |
| ~ evening shift, swing shift | the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight). |
| ~ graveyard shift, night shift | the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.). |
| ~ split shift | a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between. |
| n. (act) | 4. shift, switch, switching | 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" |
| ~ switcheroo | a sudden unexpected switch. |
| n. (act) | 5. shift, shifting | the act of moving from one place to another.; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| n. (object) | 6. break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift | (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" |
| ~ geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. |
| ~ fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface. |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ denali fault | a major open geological fault in Alaska. |
| ~ inclined fault | a geological fault in which one side is above the other. |
| ~ san andreas fault | a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes. |
| ~ strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally. |
| n. (group) | 7. shift | a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time. |
| ~ manpower, men, work force, workforce, hands | the force of workers available. |
| ~ day watch, day shift | workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.). |
| ~ evening shift | workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight). |
| ~ graveyard shift, night shift | workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.). |
| ~ relay | a crew of workers who relieve another crew. |
| ~ work party, crew, gang | an organized group of workmen. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. shift, shift key | the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters. |
| ~ key | a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed. |
| ~ typewriter keyboard | a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. chemise, shift, shimmy, slip, teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment. |
| ~ shoulder strap, strap | a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag. |
| ~ undergarment, unmentionable | a garment worn under other garments. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. chemise, sack, shift | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. |
| ~ dress, frock | a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice. |
| v. (change) | 11. change over, shift, switch | make a shift in or exchange of.; "First Joe led; then we switched" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ back | shift to a counterclockwise direction.; "the wind backed" |
| ~ veer | shift to a clockwise direction.; "the wind veered" |
| v. (motion) | 12. dislodge, reposition, shift | change place or direction.; "Shift one's position" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ beat down | dislodge from a position.; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price" |
| v. (motion) | 13. shift, transfer | move around.; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ transpose | transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality. |
| ~ shunt | transfer to another track, of trains. |
| ~ carry | transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication.; "put down 5 and carry 2" |
| ~ shuffle | move about, move back and forth.; "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS" |
| ~ transship | transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another. |
| ~ bunker | transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse. |
| ~ carry forward, carry over | transfer from one time period to the next. |
| ~ remove, transfer | shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes.; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" |
| ~ translocate | transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position. |
| v. (motion) | 14. agitate, budge, shift, stir | move very slightly.; "He shifted in his seat" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (change) | 15. shift | move from one setting or context to another.; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ transpose, transplant, transfer | transfer from one place or period to another.; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" |
| v. (change) | 16. shift | change in quality.; "His tone shifted" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (change) | 17. shift | move and exchange for another.; "shift the date for our class reunion" |
| ~ interchange, substitute, replace, exchange | put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" |
| v. (motion) | 18. careen, shift, tilt, wobble | move sideways or in an unsteady way.; "The ship careened out of control" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 19. lurch, pitch, shift | move abruptly.; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (communication) | 20. shift | use a shift key on a keyboard.; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case" |
| ~ type, typewrite | write by means of a keyboard with types.; "type the acceptance letter, please" |
| v. (change) | 21. shift | change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" |
| ~ phonetics | the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (change) | 22. shift | change gears.; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" |
| ~ switch, change, shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| v. (change) | 23. change, shift, switch | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| ~ exchange, convert, commute, change | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" |
| ~ change | change clothes; put on different clothes.; "Change before you go to the opera" |
| ~ transition | make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another).; "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro" |
| ~ shift | change gears.; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" |
| ~ break | change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another.; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children" |
| ~ channel-surf, surf | switch channels, on television. |
| ~ leap, jump | pass abruptly from one state or topic to another.; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" |
| ~ diphthongise, diphthongize | change from a simple vowel to a diphthong.; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic" |
| ~ cut | make an abrupt change of image or sound.; "cut from one scene to another" |
| ~ break | change directions suddenly. |
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