Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SHIFTING
ppr. Changing place or position; reporting from one expedient to another.
SHIFTINGLY
adv. By shifts and changes; deceitfully.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SHIFTING
SHIFTING Shift "ing, a.
1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles.
2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. Shifting backstays (Naut. ), temporary stays that have to be let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes. -- Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved from one side of a vessel to another as safety requires. -- Shifting center. See Metacenter. -- Shifting locomotive. See Switching engine, under Switch.
SHIFTINGLY
SHIFTINGLY Shift "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: In a shifting manner.
New American Oxford Dictionary
shifting cultivation
shift ing cul ti va tion |ʃɪftɪŋ ˌkəltəˈveɪʃən |(also shifting agriculture ) ▶noun a form of agriculture, used esp. in tropical Africa, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.
Oxford Dictionary
shifting cultivation
shifting cultivation (also shifting agriculture ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a form of agriculture, used especially in tropical Africa, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
shifting
sh í ft ing 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗流動的な, 切れ目なく変化 [移動 ]する .～̀ s á nds 〖the ～〗絶え間なく変化する状況 .
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