shifter

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
2. isim A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
3. isim Someone who plays tricks; a trickster.

   “'Twas ſuch a ſhifter, that if truth were known, / Death was half glad when he had got him down;”

4. isim An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, soaking, and shifting the salt provisions.
5. isim A control device (usually a lever or button) for shifting gears in a gearbox, or an arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
6. isim A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
7. isim A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
8. isim A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
9. isim A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
10. isim A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
11. isim A shape-shifter; a person or other being capable of changing their physical form, especially a lycanthrope.
12. isim A shiftworker.
13. isim Ellipsis of reality shifter.