Meaning

2 senses
  1. (dialectal)Synonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”).

  2. (dialectal, obsolete, possibly)To shift; to move or remove.

Origin

From Scots skift (“light shower of rain or snow”), related to skiff (“light rain, snow, et

From Scots skift (“light shower of rain or snow”), related to skiff (“light rain, snow, etc”) (which see for more) and skiffle.

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Forms

skifts, skifting, skifted, skifted
Base formskift · to skift
3rd person singularskifts
Present participleskifting
Past simpleskifted
Past participleskifted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyskift
he, she, itskifts

Past simpleLesson

all personsskifted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave skifted
he, she, ithas skifted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill skift

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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