SHIFTING as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the act of moving from one place to another
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • his constant shifting disrupted the class
    Hypernyms(s) shifting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

SHIFTING as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • (of soil) unstable
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • shifting sands
    • unfirm earth
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  2. Meaning
    • continuously moving or changing from position or direction
    Usage Example(s)
    • he drifted into the shifting crowd
    • their nervous shifting glances
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  3. Meaning
    • continuously varying
    Usage Example(s)
    • taffeta with shifting colors
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