(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If a person or thing is ~ed somewhere, they are moved or sent there, usually because someone finds them inconvenient.
He has spent most of his life being ~ed between his mother, father and various foster families...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv disapproval
2.
When railway engines ~ wagons or carriages, they push or pull them from one railway line to another.
The GM diesel engine ~ed the coaches to Platform 4.
VERB: V n prep/adv