transfer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another

   the best student was a transfer from LSU

2. 2
   verb

   move around

   They then transfer the packet from a trouser pocket to a pocket in their jacket.

3. 3
   verb

   cause to change ownership

   I transferred my stock holdings to my children

4. 4
   verb

   move from one place to another

   transfer the data

5. 5
   noun

   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

6. 6
   verb

   To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

   to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion

7. 7
   verb

   To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.

   to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone

8. 8
   verb

   To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.

   transfer to the Blue Line

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin trānsferōder. English transfer From Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.