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Adjective shifting has 3 senses
  1. shifting - continuously moving or changing from position or direction; "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"
    Antonyms:     nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
  2. shifting - continuously varying; "taffeta with shifting colors"
    Antonym:     invariable (indirect, via variable)
  3. shifting, unfirm - (of soil) unstable; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"
    Antonym: compact (indirect, via loose)
,Noun shifting has 1 sense
  1. shift, shifting - the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
    --1 is a kind of motion, movement, move
    Derived forms: verb shift4, verb shift2
,Verb shift has 13 senses
  1. switch, change over, shift - make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
    --1 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun shift1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. shift, dislodge, reposition - change place or direction; "Shift one's position"
    --2 is one way to move, displace
    Derived forms: noun shift5, noun shifting1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. transfer, shift - move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
    --3 is one way to move, displace
    Derived form: noun shift5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  4. stir, shift, budge, agitate - move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
    --4 is one way to move
    Derived forms: noun shift5, noun shifting1
    Sample sentence:
    The crowds shift in the streets
  5. shift - move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
    --5 is one way to     change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun shift4, noun shift2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. shift - change in quality; "His tone shifted"
    --6 is one way to     change
    Derived form: noun shift2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  7. shift - move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"
    --7 is one way to     substitute, replace
    Derived form: noun shift1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. careen, wobble, shift, tilt - move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"
    --8 is one way to move
    Derived form: noun shift5
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  9. lurch, pitch, shift - move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
    --9 is one way to move
    Derived form: noun shift5
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  10. shift - use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all ther letters are written in lower case"
    --10 is one way to     type, typewrite
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  11. shift - change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
    --11 is one way to     change
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  12. shift - change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
    --12 is one way to     switch, shift, change
    Derived form: noun shifter2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  13. switch, shift, change - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
    Derived form: noun shift1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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