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shifting   (TTS Sound)

The noun shifting has 1 sense

• shift, shifting -- (the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class")

The verb shift has 13 senses

• switch, change over, shift -- (make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched")


• shift, dislodge, reposition -- (change place or direction; "Shift one's position")


• transfer, shift -- (move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket")


• stir, shift, budge, agitate -- (move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat")


• shift -- (move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention")


• shift -- (change in quality; "His tone shifted")


• shift -- (move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion")


• careen, wobble, shift, tilt -- (move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control")


• lurch, pitch, shift -- (move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left")


• shift -- (use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case")


• shift -- (change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted")


• shift -- (change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill")


• switch, shift, change -- (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes")

The adj shifting has 3 senses

• shifting -- (continuously varying; "taffeta with shifting colors")


• shifting, shifty -- (changing position or direction; "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds")


• shifting, unfirm -- ((of soil) unstable; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth")