transferring

Verb

transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)

1. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
   • to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion

   Synonyms:

   carry over, move, onpass

2. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
   • to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone

   Synonyms:

   copy, transpose

3. 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
4. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
5. (transitive) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
   • The title to land is transferred by deed.
6. (transitive) To 'carry' or apply anything (a concept, a name...) from one type of thing to a different type of thing.
   • The ancient Romans named the planet Mars by transferring that name from a deity of their pantheon to the planet appearing in the night sky.

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