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graft

/ graft /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of grafting something onto something else
Type of:
attachment affixation
Derived:
transplant engraft ingraft
noun Sense 2
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
Type of:
animal tissue
Kinds of:
autograft autoplasty homograft allograft heterograft
Derived:
transplant
Domain:
surgery
verb Sense 3
cause to grow together parts from different plants
"graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
Type of:
join conjoin
Derived:
grafting
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
noun Sense 4
the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
Type of:
felony
Kinds of:
commercial bribery
Derived:
bribe corrupt buy grease one's palms
verb Sense 5
place athe organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
Type of:
insert infix enter
Derived:
transplant grafting transplantation organ transplant
Entails:
move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
88%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
29
Times Searched
3
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attachment affixation animal tissue autograft autoplasty homograft allograft heterograft join conjoin felony commercial bribery