shifting

shift  (shft)

v. shift·ed, shift·ing, shifts

v.tr.

1. To exchange (one thing) for another of the same class: shifted assignments among the students.

2. To move or transfer from one place or position to another.

3. To alter (position or place).

4. To change (gears), as in an automobile.

5. Linguistics To alter phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.

v.intr.

1. To change position, direction, place, or form.

2.

a. To provide for one's own needs; get along: "See me safe up: for my coming down, I can shift for myself" (Thomas More).

b. To get along by tricky or evasive means.

3. To change gears, as when driving an automobile.

4. Linguistics To be altered as part of a systematic historical change. Used of speech sounds.

5. To use a shift key.

n.

1. A change from one person or configuration to another; a substitution.

2.

a. A group of workers that relieve another on a regular schedule.

b. The working period of such a group: worked the night shift.

3.

a. A means to an end; an expedient.

b. A stratagem; a trick.

4. A change in direction: a shift in the wind.

5. A change in attitude, judgment, or emphasis.

6. A change in position, as:

a. Music A change of the hand position in playing the violin or a similar instrument.

b. Football A rearrangement of players from one formation to another just prior to the snap of the ball.

c. Baseball A rearrangement of one or more fielders for improved defense against a particular hitter.

d. Geology See fault.

e. Computer Science Movement of characters in a register to the left or right, as of the bits in a byte.

7. An act or instance of using a shift key.

8. Physics A change in wavelength, causing a movement of a spectral band or line.

9. Linguistics

a. A systematic change of the phonetic or phonemic structure of a language.

b. Functional shift.

10.

a. A loosely fitting dress that hangs straight from the shoulder; a chemise.

b. A woman's undergarment; a slip or chemise.

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[Middle English shiften, from Old English sciftan, to arrange, divide.]

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shifter n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shifting - the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" shift movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
Adj.	1.	shifting - continuously varying; "taffeta with shifting colors" variable - liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses"
	2.	shifting - changing position or direction; "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds" shifty unsteady - subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice"
	3.	shifting - (of soil) unstable; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth" unfirm loose - not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"

Translations

shifting [ˈʃɪftɪŋ] ADJ [sand] → movedizo; [winds] → cambiante; [values, attitudes] → cambiante
his constantly shifting moods → sus cambios de humor constantes

shifting [ˈʃɪftɪŋ] adj (sand) → mobile; (crowd) → in movimento; (opinion, scene) → mutevole

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shifting [ˈʃɪftɪŋ] adj (sand) → mobile; (crowd) → in movimento; (opinion, scene) → mutevole