Words that rhyme with upshift

adv 1: floating freely; not anchored; "the boat wasset adrift" 2: off course, wandering aimlessly; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift" adj 1: aimlessly drifting [syn: adrift(p), afloat(p), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected] 2: afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift"

n 1: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) [syn: airlift, lift] v 1: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" [syn: airlift, lift]

n 1: a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one 2: a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle

n 1: a force that moves something along [syn: drift, impetus, impulsion] 2: the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) 3: a process of linguistic change over a period of time 4: a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents 5: a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" [syn: drift, trend, movement] 6: the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation" [syn: drift, purport] 7: a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" [syn: drift, heading, gallery] v 1: be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" [syn: float, drift, be adrift, blow] 2: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" [syn: stray, err, drift] 3: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 4: vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher" 5: live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" [syn: freewheel, drift] 6: move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests" 7: cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream" 8: drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards" 9: be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward" 10: be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"

n 1: a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar

n 1: a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them

n 1: something acquired without compensation 2: natural abilities or qualities [syn: endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment] 3: the act of giving [syn: giving, gift] v 1: give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue] 2: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present]

adj 1: done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury- rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer" [syn: improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift] n 1: something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency [syn: makeshift, stopgap, make-do]

n 1: a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds" 2: a narrow fissure in rock 3: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" [syn: rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out]

n 1: an event in which something is displaced without rotation [syn: shift, displacement] 2: a qualitative change [syn: transformation, transmutation, shift] 3: the time period during which you are at work [syn: shift, work shift, duty period] 4: the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" [syn: switch, switching, shift] 5: the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" [syn: shift, shifting] 6: (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" [syn: fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break] 7: a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time 8: the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower- case letters to upper-case letters [syn: shift key, shift] 9: a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy] 10: a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist [syn: chemise, sack, shift] v 1: make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" [syn: switch, change over, shift] 2: change place or direction; "Shift one's position" [syn: shift, dislodge, reposition] 3: move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" [syn: transfer, shift] 4: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: stir, shift, budge, agitate] 5: move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" 6: change in quality; "His tone shifted" 7: move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion" 8: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" [syn: careen, wobble, shift, tilt] 9: move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" [syn: lurch, pitch, shift] 10: use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case" 11: change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" 12: change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" 13: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" [syn: switch, shift, change]

v 1: steal in a store

n 1: the act of being shriven

v 1: move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods" 2: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [syn: sift, sieve, strain] 3: check and sort carefully; "sift the information" [syn: sieve, sift] 4: distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates" [syn: sieve, sift]

n 1: a mass of snow heaped up by the wind

adj 1: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn: extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift] n 1: someone who spends money prodigally [syn: spendthrift, spend-all, spender, scattergood]

n 1: spray blown up from the surface of the sea [syn: spindrift, spoondrift]

adj 1: moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner" [syn: fleet, swift] n 1: United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903) [syn: Swift, Gustavus Franklin Swift] 2: an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745) [syn: Swift, Jonathan Swift, Dean Swift] 3: a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight 4: common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks [syn: western fence lizard, swift, blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis]

n 1: any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers 2: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily [syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching]

n 1: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) [syn: upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust] 2: a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" [syn: elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate] [ant: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down] 2: lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town" 3: lift up or elevate

n 1: plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift" [syn: face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck] 2: a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes; "give your home a facelift"; "more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction" [syn: face lift, facelift, face lifting]

n 1: a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable [syn: chairlift, chair lift]