shifting
Meaning of shifting
- changing, especially unpredictably.
diverse districts with shifting demographics
- move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.
a team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house
the roof cracked and shifted
- change gear in a vehicle.
she shifted down to fourth
- be evasive or indirect.
they know not how to shift and rob as the old ones do
Old English sciftan ‘arrange, divide, apportion’, of Germanic origin; related to German schichten ‘to layer, stratify’. A common Middle English sense ‘change, replace’ gave rise to shift (sense 3 of the noun) (via the notion of changing one's clothes) and shift (sense 2 of the noun) (via the concept of relays of workers).
Information about shifting
- The plural form of shifting is: shiftings.
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Hyphenation of shifting
shift-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- shifting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
shifting synonyms
Meaning shifty:
Meaning unfirm:
Meaning shift:
Meaning go in a specified direction or manner; change position:
Meaning support and move (someone or something) from one place to another:
Meaning move from one place to another:
Meaning take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship:
Meaning transport or carry to a place:
Meaning carry or bring with one; convey:
Meaning cause (someone or something) to come to a place:
Meaning (of a person) carry (someone or something):
Meaning carry or drag (a heavy or bulky object) with great effort:
Meaning convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle:
Meaning transport in a lorry or cart:
Meaning go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone:
Meaning change the position, direction, or focus of:
Meaning transfer to a different place or context:
Meaning move to a new place and establish one's home or business there:
Meaning place in a different position; adjust or alter the position of:
Meaning change the position of:
Meaning move (something) from its proper or usual position:
Meaning move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it:
Meaning lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance:
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