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