skift
skift · skifts · skifted · skifting
Synonym of skiffSynonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”).
/skɪft/
Meaning
2 senses(dialectal)Synonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”).
(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, etFrom 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, skiftedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.