Word Meaning

shiff definition and meaning

v. i. To divide; to distribute.
v. i. 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.
v. i. To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
v. i. To practice indirect or evasive methods.
v. i. To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.