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Transfer (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”
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Transfer (verb)
To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
“to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone”
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Transfer (verb)
To be or become transferred.
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Transfer (verb)
To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
“The title to land is transferred by deed.”
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Transfer (noun)
The act of removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
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Transfer (noun)
An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
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Transfer (noun)
A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
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Transfer (noun)
A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
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Transfer (noun)
A pathological process by 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.
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Transfer (noun)
The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
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Shift (noun)
A type of women’s undergarment, a slip.
“Just last week she bought a new shift at the market.”
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Shift (noun)
A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
“We’ll work three shifts a day till the job’s done.”
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Shift (noun)
An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
“There was a shift in the political atmosphere.”
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Shift (noun)
The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
“Does it come with a stick-shift?”
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Shift (noun)
alternative spelling of Shift||a modifier button of computer keyboards.
“If you press shift-P, the preview display will change.”
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Shift (noun)
A bit shift.
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Shift (noun)
The infield shift.
“Teams often use the shift against this lefty.”
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Shift (noun)
The act of kissing passionately.
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Shift (noun)
A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail.
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Shift (noun)
A trick, an artifice.
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Shift (noun)
In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
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Shift (noun)
A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
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Shift (noun)
A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
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Shift (verb)
To change, swap.
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Shift (verb)
To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
“We’ll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.”
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Shift (verb)
To change position.
“She shifted slightly in her seat.”
“His political stance shifted daily.”
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Shift (verb)
To change (one’s clothes); also to change (someone’s) underclothes.
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Shift (verb)
To change gears (in a car).
“I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.”
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Shift (verb)
To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
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Shift (verb)
To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
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Shift (verb)
To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
“Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100.”
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Shift (verb)
To remove the first value from an array.
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Shift (verb)
To dispose of.
“How can I shift a grass stain?”
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Shift (verb)
To hurry.
“If you shift, you might make the 2:19.”
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Shift (verb)
To engage in sexual petting.
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Shift (verb)
To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
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Shift (verb)
To practice indirect or evasive methods.
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Transfer (verb)
move from one place to another
“he intends to transfer the fund’s assets to the Treasury”
“I went to sleep on the couch before transferring to my bedroom later in the night”
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Transfer (verb)
move to another department, occupation, etc.
“she transferred to the Physics Department”
“employees have been transferred to the installation team”
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Transfer (verb)
(in football and other sports) move to another team
“he was transferred to Arsenal for £750,000”
“he transferred to the Brooklyn Dodgers”
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Transfer (verb)
redirect (a telephone call) to a new line or extension.
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Transfer (verb)
copy (a drawing or design) from one surface to another
“drawings can be transferred to the artwork by rubbing them off the sheet”
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Transfer (verb)
copy (data, music, etc.) from one medium or device to another
“the new product lets users transfer data from palmtop to desktop with a click of the mouse”
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Transfer (verb)
change to another place, route, or means of transport during a journey
“passengers have to transfer at Heathrow for onward international flights”
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Transfer (verb)
make over the possession of (property, a right, or a responsibility) to another
“we will transfer full planning responsibility to local authorities”
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Transfer (verb)
change (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor
“a transferred use of the Old English noun”
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Transfer (noun)
an act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.
“a transfer of wealth to the EU’s poorer nations”
“a patient had died after transfer from the County Hospital to St Peter’s”
“she asked her boss for a transfer to the city”
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Transfer (noun)
a conveyance of property, especially stocks and shares, from one person to another
“the transfer of assets from wealthy individuals to family members”
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Transfer (noun)
the action of copying data from one medium or device to another
“data transfer between different manufacturers’ drives”
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Transfer (noun)
a small coloured picture or design on paper, which can be transferred to another surface by being pressed or heated
“T-shirts with iron-on transfers”
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Transfer (noun)
an act of changing to another place, route, or means of transport during a journey
“bus transfers between the airport and the city centre cost about £11”
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Transfer (noun)
a ticket allowing a passenger to change from one public transport vehicle to another as part of a single journey
“you get a transfer, you have to get that train”
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Shift (verb)
move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance
“a team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house”
“the roof cracked and shifted”
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Shift (verb)
change the position of one’s body, especially because one is nervous or uncomfortable
“he shifted a little in his chair”
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Shift (verb)
change the emphasis, direction, or focus of
“she’s shifting the blame on to me”
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Shift (verb)
change in emphasis, direction, or focus
“the wind had shifted to the east”
“the balance of power shifted abruptly”
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Shift (verb)
move quickly
“you’ll have time for a bite if you shift”
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Shift (verb)
move from a place or rouse oneself from a state of inactivity
“shift yourself, Ruby, do something useful and get the plates”
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Shift (verb)
move (data) to the right or left in a register
“the partial remainder is shifted left”
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Shift (verb)
remove (a stain)
“thorough cleaning is necessary to shift all cooking residues”
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Shift (verb)
sell (something)
“a lot of high-priced product you simply don’t know how to shift”
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Shift (verb)
eat or drink (something) hastily or in large amounts.
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Shift (verb)
change gear in a vehicle
“she shifted down to fourth”
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Shift (verb)
be evasive or indirect
“they know not how to shift and rob as the old ones do”
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Shift (noun)
a slight change in position, direction, or tendency
“a shift in public opinion”
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Shift (noun)
the displacement of spectral lines.
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Shift (noun)
a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard used to switch between two sets of characters or functions, principally between lower- and upper-case letters.
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Shift (noun)
short for sound shift
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Shift (noun)
the gear lever or gear-changing mechanism in a vehicle.
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Shift (noun)
the positioning of successive rows of bricks so that their ends do not coincide.
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Shift (noun)
a movement of the digits of a word in a register one or more places to left or right, equivalent to multiplying or dividing the corresponding number by a power of whatever number is the base.
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Shift (noun)
a change of position by two or more players before the ball is put into play.
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Shift (noun)
each of two or more recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay
“Anne was on the night shift”
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Shift (noun)
the group of people who work during a particular shift
“the bus was still waiting there when the day shift went home”
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Shift (noun)
a woman’s straight unwaisted dress.
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Shift (noun)
a long, loose-fitting undergarment.
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Shift (noun)
an ingenious or devious device or stratagem
“the thousand shifts and devices of which Hannibal was a master”