preshift adjective 1noun 1verb 1forms 3 adjective1 •Before a shift (in various senses).The factory workers in Plant 2 would stop at Uncle Nancy’s for preshift pick-me-ups, and the executives at Maytag headquarters down the street would come for lunch. — 2007 noun1 •A shift performed in advance.[…] and the preshifts required to move the rectangle up one, right two or up one, left two. — 1983 verb1 •To shift in advance.We preshifted the game sprites to avoid having to redraw them at different positions during gameplay. formspreshifted · preshifting · preshifts