verb
-fers; -ferred; -ferring
[+ obj] :to move (someone or something) from one place to another
[+ obj] :to cause (something) to move from one person, place, or thing to another: such as
to move (data, money, etc.) from one place to another electronically
to cause (a disease, virus, etc.) to move from one living thing to another :transmit
c technical :to give (property or rights) to another person
[+ obj] :to use (something, such as an idea, a skill, etc.) for a new or different purpose
[no obj] :to be used for a new or different purpose
[no obj] :to stop going to one school and begin going to another
to move to a different place or job for the same employer [no obj]
[+ obj] chiefly US :to use (credits earned at one school) at a different school
Brit sports :to move (a player) to another team in exchange for money [+ obj]
to change from one plane, bus, train, etc., to another while traveling [no obj]
noun
plural -fers
an act or process of moving someone or something from one place to another [count]
[count] :a process by which one method, system, etc., is replaced by another
[count] :the act or process of giving the property or rights of one person to another person
[count] :an act of moving from one job or location to another for the same company
[count] US :a student who has moved from one school to another
[count] chiefly Brit :a picture or label that is made on special paper so that it sticks to a surface :decal
[count] chiefly US :a ticket that allows a passenger on a bus or train to continue traveling on another bus or train