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Definitions for Graft

[1] Horticulture . a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow. the plant resulting from such an operation; the united stock and scion. the place where the scion is inserted.
[2] Surgery . a portion of living tissue surgically transplanted from one part of an individual to another, or from one individual to another, for its adhesion and growth.
[3] an act of grafting.
[4] to insert (a graft) into a tree or other plant; insert a scion of (one plant) into another plant.
[5] to cause (a plant) to reproduce through grafting.
[6] Surgery . to transplant (a portion of living tissue, as of skin or bone) as a graft.
[7] to attach as if by grafting: an absurdity grafted onto an otherwise coherent body of thought.
[8] Nautical . to cover (a rope) with a weaving of rope yarn.
[9] to insert scions from one plant into another.
[10] to become grafted.
[11] the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
[12] a particular instance, method, or means of thus acquiring gain or advantage.
[13] the gain or advantage acquired.
[14] British Slang . work; labor.
[15] to obtain by graft.
[16] to practice graft.
[17] horticulture a piece of plant tissue (the scion), normally a stem, that is made to unite with an established plant (the stock), which supports and nourishes it the plant resulting from the union of scion and stock the point of union between the scion and the stock
[18] surgery a piece of tissue or an organ transplanted from a donor or from the patient's own body to an area of the body in need of the tissue
[19] the act of joining one thing to another by or as if by grafting
[20] horticulture to induce (a plant or part of a plant) to unite with another part or (of a plant or part of a plant) to unite in this way to produce (fruit, flowers, etc) by this means or (of fruit, flowers, etc) to grow by this means
[21] to transplant (tissue) or (of tissue) to be transplanted
[22] to attach or incorporate or become attached or incorporated to graft a happy ending onto a sad tale
[23] work (esp in the phrase hard graft )
[24] the acquisition of money, power, etc, by dishonest or unfair means, esp by taking advantage of a position of trust something gained in this way, such as profit from government business a payment made to a person profiting by such a practice
[25] (intr) to work
[26] to acquire by or practise graft

Words related to Graft

corruption, bribe, implant, affix, propagate, shoot, splice, union, sprout, scion, slip, bud, jointure, hybridization, money, pay, share, thievery, juice, gain

Words nearby Graft

graefe's sign, graeffe method, graf, graffiti, graffito, graft, graft hybrid, graft-versus-host disease, graftage, grafting, grafton

Origin of Graft

2First recorded in 1855–60; perhaps special use of graft1

Other words from Graft

graft·er , noun
graft·er , noun

Word origin for Graft

C19: of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Graft

bud, hybridization, implant, jointure, scion, shoot, slip, splice, sprout, union