 shifting |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] continuously moving or changing from position or direction | |
| Examples: | "he drifted into the shifting crowd" "their nervous shifting glances" |
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| Related terms: | moving | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] continuously varying | |
| Examples: | "taffeta with shifting colors" |
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| Related terms: | variable | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (of soil) unstable | |
| Synonyms: | unfirm | |
| Examples: | "shifting sands" "unfirm earth" |
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| Related terms: | loose | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the act of moving from one place to another | |
| Synonyms: | shift | |
| Examples: | "his constant shifting disrupted the class" |
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| Related terms: | motion stir transfer careen | |
| Similar spelling: |
sifting shiftiness |
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