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Adjective: shifting shifting- Continuously varying
"taffeta with shifting colours" - Changing position or direction
"he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"
- shifty - (of soil) unstable
"shifting sands"
- unfirm
Noun: shifting shifting- The act of moving from one place to another
"his constant shifting disrupted the class"
- shift
Verb: shift shift- Make a shift in or exchange of
- switch, change over - Change place or direction
"Shift one's position"
- dislodge, reposition - Move around
- transfer - Move very slightly
"He shifted in his seat"
- stir, budge, agitate - Move from one setting or context to another
"shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" - Change in quality
"His tone shifted" - Move and exchange for another
"shift the date for our class reunion" - Move sideways or in an unsteady way
- careen, wobble, tilt - Move abruptly
- lurch, pitch - Use a shift key on a keyboard
"She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case" - Change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
"Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" - Change gears
"you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" - Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- switch, change
Derived forms: shiftings See also: loose, shifter [N. Amer], unsteady, variable Type of: alter, change, displace, exchange, interchange, modify, motion, move, movement, replace, substitute, type, typewrite Encyclopedia: Shift Shifting |