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# shifting

«shifting» in Mova's school dictionary: **Moving or changing position: shifting sand dunes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, -ing form of shift (shift, shifts, shifted, shifting); adjective (shifting sands)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Moving or changing position: shifting sand dunes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#m1)

2) Changing: shifting opinions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#m2)

3) (UK, informal) Moving something, often hard work: shifting furniture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#m3)

4) Changing gear in a car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, shifting sands and plates of the Earth. In stories, shifting shadows create mystery. Phrases: shifting sands, shifting position, shape-shifting.

### examples

- The sand dunes are always shifting in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#x1)
- He kept shifting in his chair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#x2)
- Shifting the heavy sofa took four of us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#x3)
- Shifting shadows danced on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#x4)
- The wind is shifting to the north. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#x5)
- In the story, the wizard was a shape-shifting fox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#x6)
- Now in one form and now in another, he glides a shifting shape, of which it is difficult to obtain a satisfactory view. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/#x7)

### note

Shift is a regular verb. Noun: a shift (also a period of work: night shift). Shifty means looking dishonest.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shifting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.