definition of
shifting

[1] #1 shifting s. continuously varying; "taffeta with shifting colors". wn

[2] #2 shifting n. [shift] the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class". wn

[3] #3 shifting s. [shifty] changing position or direction; "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds". wn

[4] #4 shifting s. [unfirm] (of soil) unstable; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth". wn