graft, grafting
(noun) the act of grafting something onto something else
bribery, graft
(noun) the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
graft, transplant
(noun) (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
transplant, graft
(verb) place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
graft, engraft, ingraft
(verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants; “graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Graft (plural Grafts)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Graft is the 30863rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 754 individuals. Graft is most common among White (94.83%) individuals.
graft (countable and uncountable, plural grafts)
(countable) 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.
(countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
(surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
graft (third-person singular simple present grafts, present participle grafting, simple past and past participle grafted)
(transitive) 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.
(intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc, into another; to practice grafting.
(transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
(transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
(transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc, with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
(chemistry) To form a graft polymer
• (to join as if by grafting): affix, attach, put together, unite; see also join
graft (plural grafts)
(obsolete) A ditch, a canal.
The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
graft (countable and uncountable, plural grafts)
(uncountable) Corruption in official life.
(uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
(uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice.
(countable) A con job.
(countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).
(uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
(British) (uncountable, colloquial) Work; labor
(British) (countable, colloquial) A job or trade.
(British) (uncountable, colloquial) Effort needed for doing hard work.
graft (third-person singular simple present grafts, present participle grafting, simple past and past participle grafted)
To work.
To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.
Source: Wiktionary
Graft, n. Etym: [OE. graff, F. greffe, originally the same word as OF. grafe pencil, L. graphium, Gr. carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Cf. Graphic, Grammar.] (a) 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. (b) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. (c) (Surg.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
Graft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grafting.] Etym: [F. greffer. See Graft, n.]
1. 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. [Formerly written graff.]
2.
(Surg.)
Definition: To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
3.
Definition: To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union. And graft my love immortal on thy fame ! Pope.
4.
(Naut.)
Definition: To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
Graft, v. i.
Definition: To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
