Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

elocation†; displacement; metastasis, metathesis; removal; remotion†, amotion†; relegation; deportation, asportation†; extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage; convection, conduction, contagion; transfer &c (of property) 783. transit, transition; passage, ferry, gestation; portage, porterage†, carting, cartage; shoveling &c v.; vection†, vecture†, vectitation†; shipment, freight, wafture†; transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption†, transplantation, translation; shifting, dodging; dispersion &c 73; transposition &c (interchange) 148; traction &c 285. [Thing transferred] drift. V. transfer, transmit, transport, transplace†, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote [U.S.]; port, import, export. send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver; ship, embark; waft; shunt; transpose &c (interchange) 148; displace &c 185; throw &c 284; drag &c 285; mail, post. shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon. Adj. transferred &c v.; drifted, movable; portable, portative†; mailable [U.S.]; contagious. Adv. from hand to hand, from pillar to post. on the way, by the way; on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course; as one goes; in transitu [Lat.], en route, chemin faisant [Fr.], en passant [Fr.], in mid progress, in mid course.