make shift
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make shift
verb makes shift · making shift · made shift
- To contrive; to invent a way of surmounting a difficulty. Nerissa: How like you the young German, the Duke of Saxony's nephew? Portia: Very vilely in the morning, when he is sober, and most vilely in the afternoon, when he is drunk: when he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. And the worst fall
adjective more make shift · most make shift
- Alternative form of makeshift Bill saw the road as an advantage for him, but he still didn't like the fact that he was seeing more and more make shift camps preparing to build permanent homes for the settling, unwanted new comers.
noun make shifts
- Alternative form of makeshift In a room not more than twelve feet square, were four miserable beds: the make shift, as mine host of the tape shop called it, was a singular contrivance; it was a long deal table, with a broomstick tied to each corner, rising about a foot from the surface of the table, with a cord communicating fro
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verb contrive, find a way through difficulty
| Français | se débrouiller |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | behelfen |
| Italiano | improvvisare, ingegnarsi |
| Русский | ухитря́ться uxitrjátʹsja, перебива́ться perebivátʹsja, довольствоваться, обходи́ться |
Talk about this word "make shift." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/make%20shift. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. make shift. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/make%20shift "make shift." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/make%20shift.
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@misc{make_shift_2026,
title = {make shift},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20shift},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
