shifting

Meanings

Plural: shiftings

Noun

• the act of moving from one place to another
  • "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
• A shift or change; a shifting movement.
• The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.

Verb

• make a shift in or exchange of
• change place or direction
• move around
• move very slightly
• move from one setting or context to another
• change in quality
• move and exchange for another
• move sideways or in an unsteady way
• move abruptly
• use a shift key on a keyboard
• change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
• change gears
• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
• present participle and gerund of shift

Adjective Satellite

• continuously varying
  • "taffeta with shifting colors"
• changing position or direction
  • "he drifted into the shifting crowd"
  • "their nervous shifting glances"
• (of soil) unstable
  • "shifting sands"

Synonyms

agitate, budge, careen, change, change over, dislodge, lurch, pitch, reposition, shift, shifty, stir, switch, tilt, transfer, unfirm, wobble

Anagrams of shifting