shifter

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shifter englannista suomeksi

1. vaihtotanko

2. kulissimies

0. Substantiivi

shifter englanniksi

1. One who, or that which, shifts or changes.

2. A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.

3. (quote-book)

4. Someone who plays tricks; a trickster.(R:Webster 191)

5. (RQ:Milton Poems)|page=28|passage='Twas ſuch a ſhifter, that if truth were known, / Death was half glad when he had got him down;

6. An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, soaking, and shifting the salt provisions.

7. A control device (usually a lever or button) for gears|shifting gears in a gearbox, or an arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

(hypo)

8. A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.

9. A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.

10. A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.

11. A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.

12. A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.

13. A shape-shifter; a person or other being capable of changing their physical form, especially a lycanthrope.

(syn)

14. A shiftworker.

15. (ellipsis of).