shifting
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of moving from one place to another
his constant shifting disrupted the class
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
continuously varying
taffeta with shifting colors
Related & opposite
- variable similar to
Sense 3 adjective
changing position or direction
he drifted into the shifting crowd
Related & opposite
- shifting derivation
- shiftiness derivation
- unsteady similar to
Sense 4 adjective
(of soil) unstable
shifting sands
Related & opposite
- loose similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reposition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | budge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shift |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shifting |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | variable |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shifting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shiftiness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unsteady |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | loose |