What is the meaning of shifting?

noun

• The act of moving from one place to another.
  • usage: "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
  • synonyms: shift

verb

• Make a shift in or exchange of.
  • usage: "First Joe led; then we switched"
  • synonyms: switch, change over, shift
• Change place or direction.
  • usage: "Shift one's position"
  • synonyms: shift, dislodge, reposition
• Move around.
  • usage: "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
  • synonyms: transfer, shift
• Move very slightly.
  • usage: "He shifted in his seat"
  • synonyms: stir, shift, budge, agitate
• Move from one setting or context to another.
  • usage: "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
  • synonyms: shift
• Change in quality.
  • usage: "His tone shifted"
  • synonyms: shift
• Move and exchange for another.
  • usage: "shift the date for our class reunion"
  • synonyms: shift
• Move sideways or in an unsteady way.
  • usage: "The ship careened out of control"
  • synonyms: careen, wobble, shift, tilt
• Move abruptly.
  • usage: "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
  • synonyms: lurch, pitch, shift
• Use a shift key on a keyboard.
  • usage: "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"
  • synonyms: shift
• Change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.
  • usage: "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
  • synonyms: shift
• Change gears.
  • usage: "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
  • synonyms: shift
• Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.
  • usage: "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
  • synonyms: switch, shift, change

adjective

• Continuously varying.
  • usage: "taffeta with shifting colors"
• Changing position or direction.
  • usage: "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"
  • synonyms: shifty
• Of soil. ( unstable)
  • usage: "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"
  • synonyms: unfirm