Definition of graft Graft
/gɹæˈft/ - [graft] - graft
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NounPlural: grafts |
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| graft - (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient | ||
| transplant | ||
| animal tissue the tissue in the bodies of animals | ||
| surgery a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery" | ||
| autograft, autoplasty tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms" | ||
| allograft, homograft tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft | ||
| graft - the act of grafting something onto something else | ||
| grafting | ||
| affixation, attachment formation of a word by means of an affix | ||
| graft - the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | ||
| bribery | ||
| felony a serious crime (such as murder or arson) | ||
| barratry the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels | ||
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| graft - cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" | ||
| engraft, ingraft | ||
| conjoin, join make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" | ||
| graft - place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | ||
| transplant | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| infix, insert, enter, introduce attach a morpheme into a stem word | ||
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Wiktionary 
- graft (Noun)
A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. - graft (Noun)
A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. - graft (Noun)
A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty. - graft (Noun)
Effort needed for doing hard work. - graft (Noun)
A criminal's special branch of practice. - graft (Noun)
Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life. - graft (Noun)
Corruption in official life. - graft (Noun)
A con job . - graft (Noun)
A cut of the take money. - graft (Noun)
A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis. - graft (Verb)
To insert a graft in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon. - graft (Verb)
To implant a portion of living flesh or akin in a lesion so as to form an organic union. - graft (Verb)
To join one thing to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union. - graft (Verb)
To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc. , with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns. - graft (Verb)
To insert scions grafts from one tree, or kind of tree, etc. , into another; to practice grafting.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- graft (n.)
A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. - graft (n.)
A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. - graft (n.)
A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty. - graft (n.)
To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon. - graft (n.)
To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union. - graft (n.)
To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union. - graft (n.)
To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns. - graft (v. i.)
To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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graft
graft, v.t. to make an incision in a tree or plant, and insert in it a small branch of another, so as to make a union of the two: to insert in something anything not belonging to it: to incorporate one thing with another: to transplant, as a piece of tissue, from one part to another.—v.i. to insert cuttings into a tree.—n. a small branch used in grafting.—ns. Graft′er; Graft′ing. [O. Fr. graffe (Fr. greffe)—L. graphium—a style or pencil (which the inserted slip resembled)—Gr. graphein, to write.]
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