Word Meaning

Meaning of shiff

- To divide; to distribute.
- To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb.
- To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
- To practice indirect or evasive methods.
- To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.