1
[ adjective ] continuously moving or changing from position or direction

Examples

"he drifted into the shifting crowd" "their nervous shifting glances"

Related terms

moving

2
[ adjective ] continuously varying

Examples

"taffeta with shifting colors"

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

When Stravinsky shaped his purpose to the shifting scenes of many cultures , many salons , many dialectics , many personalities , he tried to refashion himself into a stylist of many styles , determined by many disparate cultures .

Related terms

variable

3
[ adjective ] (of soil) unstable

Synonyms

unfirm

Examples

"shifting sands" "unfirm earth"

Related terms

loose

4
[ noun ] the act of moving from one place to another

Synonyms

shift

Examples

"his constant shifting disrupted the class"

Related terms

motion stir transfer careen

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