what does shifting mean?
SHIFTING as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of moving from one place to another
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- 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
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SHIFTING as ADJECTIVE
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- shifting sands
- unfirm earth
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- Meaning
- continuously moving or changing from position or direction
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- he drifted into the shifting crowd
- their nervous shifting glances
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- taffeta with shifting colors
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