shifting (n.)

  1. the act of moving from one place to another; his constant shifting disrupted the class

    [ Syn: shift ]

    shifting (adj.)

  1. continuously varying; taffeta with shifting colors'

  2. changing position or direction; he drifted into the shifting crowd; their nervous shifting glances; shifty winds

    [ Syn: shifty ]

  3. (of soil) unstable; shifting sands; unfirm earth

    [ Syn: unfirm ]

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