Usually means: Adoption of meaning, not form.
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  1. loanshift: Merriam-Webster
  2. loanshift: Collins English Dictionary
  3. loanshift: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. loanshift: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. loanshift: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. loanshift: Dictionary.com
  7. loanshift: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (loanshift)

noun:  The situation in which a word changes or extends its meaning under the influence of another language.
noun:  A word whose meaning has changed in this way.

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