Transfer
[træns'fɜː;trɑːns-;-nz-] or [træns'fɝ]
Definition
(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'.
(noun.) transferring ownership.
(noun.) application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation.
(noun.) a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances.
(noun.) someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another; 'the best student was a transfer from LSU'.
(verb.) transfer from one place or period to another; 'The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America'.
(verb.) move around; 'transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket'.
(verb.) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; 'She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast'.
(verb.) cause to change ownership; 'I transferred my stock holdings to my children'.
(verb.) move from one place to another; 'transfer the data'; 'transmit the news'; 'transfer the patient to another hospital'.
(verb.) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work.
Typist: Rudy--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.
(n.) The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another.
(n.) The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise.
(n.) That which is transferred.
(n.) A picture, or the like, removed from one body or ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas to another.
(n.) A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.
(n.) A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
(n.) A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
Inputed by Chris
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Transport, carry, convey, transmit, TRANSLATE.[2]. Remove, transplant.[3]. Alienate, abalienate, demise, consign, devolve, convey, make over, deliver over.
n. Alienation, abalienation, demise, conveyance, transferrence.
Editor: Sidney
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Convey, transport, remove, sell, assign, remand, make_over, transplant, give,alienate, translate, transmit, forward, exchange
ANT:retain, withhold, fix, appropriate, keep
Editor: Margaret
Definition
v.t. to carry or bring over: to convey to another place: to remove: to transport:—pr.p. transfer′ring; pa.t. and pa.p. transferred′.—ns. Trans′fer the act of transferring: the conveyance of anything from one person or place to another: that which is transferred; Transferabil′ity Transferribil′ity.—adjs. Transfer′able Transfer′rible that may be transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another.—ns. Trans′fer-book a register of the transfer of property shares &c.; Trans′fer-day one of certain regular days for registering transfer of bank-stock and government funds at the Bank of England; Transferēē′ the person to whom a thing is transferred; Trans′ference the act of transferring or conveying from one person or place to another: passage from one place to another; Trans′fer-pā′per a kind of prepared paper used for transferring impressions with copying-presses &c.; Transfer′rer.
Typed by Dave
Unserious Contents or Definition
A small bit of paper of remarkable strength, being able to carry a heavy man several miles.
Inputed by DeWitt
Examples
- My transfer carried me to the company of Captain McCall, who resigned from the army after the Mexican war and settled in Philadelphia. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Osborne's butler came to buy some of the famous port wine to transfer to the cellars over the way. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was plenty of leisure on the two daily runs, even for an industrious boy, and thus he found time to transfer his laboratory from the cellar and re-establish it on the train. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We want to make a little transfer, if you please. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the literal sense, any transfer is miraculous and impossible. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Macerate the drugs with alcohol and water, and after a few days transfer to percolator. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- To transfer the drawing from paper on to the stone, the paper is first sponged with diluted nitric acid, which decomposes the size, and renders it bibulous. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- If the hand is cold, lukewarm water feels hot, but if the hand has been in very hot water and is then transferred to lukewarm water, the latter will seem cold. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A copper anklet also took his fancy, and this he transferred to his own leg. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Mr. Sikes, being disappointed of the dog's participation, at once transferred his share in the quarrel to the new comer. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Each gentleman looked in his neighbour's face, and then transferred his glance to the upstanding coachman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This has largely transferred the sphere of action of the sewing machine from the family to the factory. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, did not ask to be transferred to the British man-of-war. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- We immediately made application to be transferred, so as to get back to our old regiments. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The machine first cuts the buttonhole, then transfers it to the stitching devices, which stitch and bar the buttonhole, finishing it entirely in an automatic manner. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The method most commonly practiced in working with apple trees is called bud-grafting, and consists of transferring a plate of bark, with one or more buds attached, from one tree to another. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is also valuable for transferring figures in embroidery and taking impressions of leaves for herbariums, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Hence, it became necessary to invent a system of conveyors that would be capable of transferring this mass of material from one place to another. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- All our reasonings concerning the probability of causes are founded on the transferring of past to future. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This instrument, many years afterward, was applied by me for transferring messages from one wire to any other wire simultaneously, or after any interval of time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This beautiful and valuable process of transferring photographs in plain or colored work has been taught at high prices under various high-sounding names, such as Roman art, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The pictures produced by the collodion process are negatives, which serve admirably for transferring positive pictures on to sensitive paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Checker: Rene