graft | English to English Dictionary

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graft

(gr/&/ft )

(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient(noun.body)

Synonym:
transplant

source: wordnet30
the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage(noun.act)

Synonym:
bribery

source: wordnet30
the act of grafting something onto something else(noun.act)

Synonym:
grafting

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
Acquisition of money, position, etc., by dishonest or unjust means, as by actual theft or by taking advantage of a public office or any position of trust or employment to obtain fees, perquisites, profits on contracts, legislation, pay for work not done or service not performed, etc.; illegal or unfair practice for profit or personal advantage; also, anything thus gained.(noun)

source: webster1913

cause to grow together parts from different plants(verb.contact)

Example:
Graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree.

Synonym:
engraft, ingraft

source: wordnet30
place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.(verb)

source: webster1913

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