graft

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
3. A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

Verb

1. (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.
2. (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
3. (transitive) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
4. (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
5. (transitive) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns.
6. To form a graft polymer

Verb

1. (colloquial, intransitive) To work hard.
2. To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.

Synonyms

transplant

engraft

bribe

bribery

scion

corruption

grafting

cutting

join

ingraft

shoot

stem

insert

embezzlement

imp

👿

incorporate

corrupt

swindle

toil

slip

connect

labour

sprout

implant

compounding

foul

combine

blend

fraud

graff

embezzle

combination

element

joining

drudge

attachment

amalgamation

integration

inoculate

division

ingrain

incorporation

coupling

implantation

boodle

intemperance

articulation

ill-gotten gains

labor

helve

Translations

injerto

greffer

greffe

innestare

🔗

enxerto

innesto

enten

greffon

ent

enxertar

corruption

pfropfen

suborno

δωροδοκία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹɑːft/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: graffe

Cognate with English: carve

In summary

From Middle English graffe, from Old French greffe (“stylus”), from Latin graphium (“stylus”), from Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”); probably akin to English carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Doublet of graphium. Compare graphic, grammar.