transplant

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
2. (transitive) To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
3. (transitive) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.

Noun

1. An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
2. Anything that is transplanted, especially and archetypically a plant.
3. An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
4. A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.
5. (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.

Synonyms

graft

transplantation

transfer

plant

🌱

move

transplanting

relocate

transpose

colonize

organ transplant

take root

play

plant out

shift

grow

settle

dig up

gear

⚙️

carry over

alienate

carry

disturb

dispose

bring forward

engraft

evacuate

fit

form

alien

👽

accommodate

displace

dislodge

atone

dislocate

migrate

assignment

adjournment

mesh

match

defer

movement

offload

key

🔑

passage

pass on

pin

pioneer

implantation

convert

assign

Translations

transplanter

trapiantare

trasplantar

transplantation

trasplantar

transplantar

repiquer

greffer

transplante

trasplante

trapianto

greffe

verpflanzen

μεταφυτεύω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹɑːnzˈplɑːnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: transplaunten

In summary

From Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- + plant.