1. (

• shift ,
• shifting

) the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" ;

1. (

• shifting

) continuously varying; "taffeta with shifting colors" ;

2. (

• shifting ,
• shifty

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

3. (

• shifting ,
• unfirm

) (of soil) unstable; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth" ;