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shifting

/ˈʃɪftɪŋ/ nom B2

En français : changement, déplacement

  1. A shift or change; a shifting movement.
  2. The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.

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This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: he kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his teacup instead of the bread-and-butter.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 86 · B2
“That is why,” he said, shifting his paw on the leaves.
The Jungle Book, p. 18 · B2
It grew darker and darker, till at last the dragging, shifting coils disappeared, but they could hear the rustle of the scales.
The Jungle Book, p. 60 · B2
A bridge spanned it midway and from there to its lower end, where an amber-hued belt of sand-hills shut it in from the dark blue gulf beyond, the water was a glory of many shifting hues--the most spiritual shadings of crocus and rose and ethereal green, with other elusive tintings for which no name has ever been found.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 26 · C1

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