Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a shift (item of clothing).
  • adjective psychiatry Characterised by shifts from one state to another.

Etymologies

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shift +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Crouched at my feet, Sylvia clawed at my skirt, allowing her lips to part, and soon spittle wet her chin and dribbled down on her loose, shiftlike garment.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • She stopped to rest often, to take her prisms from the huge pockets of her loose, shiftlike garment.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • Crouched at my feet, Sylvia clawed at my skirt, allowing her lips to part, and soon spittle wet her chin and dribbled down on her loose, shiftlike garment.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • Crouched at my feet, Sylvia clawed at my skirt, allowing her lips to part, and soon spittle wet her chin and dribbled down on her loose, shiftlike garment.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • Crouched at my feet, Sylvia clawed at my skirt, allowing her lips to part, and soon spittle wet her chin and dribbled down on her loose, shiftlike garment.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • She stopped to rest often, to take her prisms from the huge pockets of her loose, shiftlike garment.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • She stopped to rest often, to take her prisms from the huge pockets of her loose, shiftlike garment.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • She stopped to rest often, to take her prisms from the huge pockets of her loose, shiftlike garment.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • I started to bring my knuckles down on the door, paused again to unbutton a few of the fastenings on the neck of my shiftlike robe.

    O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999

  • I started to bring my knuckles down on the door, paused again to unbutton a few of the fastenings on the neck of my shiftlike robe.

    O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999

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