rankshift (English, verb)
expansion: rankshift (third-person singular simple present rankshifts, present participle rankshifting, simple past and past participle rankshifted)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To use a phrase as a subunit of a longer one
Forms:
form: rankshifts
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rankshifting
tags: participle
present
form: rankshifted
tags: participle
past
form: rankshifted
tags: past