What is "transferring"

Transfer \Trans*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transferred; p. pr. & vb. n. Transferring.] [L. transferre; trans across, over + ferre to bear: cf. F. transf['e]rer. See Bear to carry.]

1. To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion.

2. To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed.

3. To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.
   --Tomlinson.

   Syn: To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.

vb. (present participle of transfer English)

1. n. the act of transporting something from one location to another [syn: transportation, transferral, conveyance]

2. someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU" [syn: transferee]

3. the act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise" [syn: transference]

4. a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances

5. application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation [syn: transfer of training, carry-over]

6. transferring ownership [syn: transference]

7. [also: transferring, transferred]

1. v. move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" [syn: shift]

2. transfer somebody to a different position or location of work [syn: reassign]

3. move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

4. lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" [syn: transplant]

5. cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"

6. change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" [syn: change]

7. send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" [syn: transmit, transport, channel, channelize, channelise]

8. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" [syn: remove]

9. transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn: transpose, transplant]

10. [also: transferring, transferred]

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