- graft
- graft [graft, gräft]n.[with unhistoric -t, for earlier graff < ME graffe < OFr, a pencil < L graphium < Gr grapheion, stylus (see GRAPHIC): from resemblance of the scion to a pointed pencil]1.a) a shoot or bud of one plant or tree inserted or to be inserted into the stem or trunk of another, where it continues to grow, becoming a permanent part; scionb) the act or process of inserting such a bud or shootc) the place on a plant or tree where such a bud or shoot has been insertedd) a tree or plant with such an insertion2. a joining of one thing to another as if by grafting3.☆ a) the act of taking advantage of one's position, esp. a political position, to gain money, property, etc. dishonestlyb) anything acquired by such illegal methods, as an illicit profit from government business4. Surgerya) a piece of skin, bone, or other living tissue transplanted or to be transplanted from one body, or place on a body, to another, where it grows and becomes a permanent partb) such a transplantingvt.1.a) to insert (a shoot or bud) as a graftb) to insert a graft of (one plant) in anotherc) to produce (a fruit, flower, etc.) by means of a graft2. to join or make as one3. Surgery to transplant (a graft)vi.1. to be grafted2. to make a graft on a plantgraftern.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.