ALL meanings of graft
graft
G g - noun graft 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. 1
- noun graft a particular instance, method, or means of thus acquiring gain or advantage. 1
- noun graft the gain or advantage acquired. 1
- noun graft British Slang. work; labor. 1
- verb with object graft to obtain by graft. 1
- verb without object graft to practice graft. 1
- noun graft A shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap. 1
- transitive verb graft surgery 1
- transitive verb graft plants 1
- noun graft transplant of tissue 1
- noun graft of a plant 1
- noun graft corruption 1
- noun graft work hard 1
- intransitive verb graft work, effort 1
- countable noun graft A graft is a piece of healthy skin or bone, or a healthy organ, which is attached to a damaged part of your body by a medical operation in order to replace it. 0
- verb graft If a piece of healthy skin or bone or a healthy organ is grafted onto a damaged part of your body, it is attached to that part of your body by a medical operation. 0
- verb graft If a part of one plant or tree is grafted onto another plant or tree, they are joined together so that they will become one plant or tree, often in order to produce a new variety. 0
- verb graft If you graft one idea or system on to another, you try to join one to the other. 0
- uncountable noun graft Graft means hard work. 0
- uncountable noun graft In politics, graft is used to refer to the activity of using power or authority to obtain money dishonestly. 0
- noun graft 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 0
- noun graft the plant resulting from the union of scion and stock 0
- noun graft the point of union between the scion and the stock 0
- noun graft 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 0
- noun graft the act of joining one thing to another by or as if by grafting 0
- verb graft 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 0
- verb graft to produce (fruit, flowers, etc) by this means or (of fruit, flowers, etc) to grow by this means 0
- verb graft to transplant (tissue) or (of tissue) to be transplanted 0
- verb graft to attach or incorporate or become attached or incorporated 0
- noun graft work (esp in the phrase hard graft) 0
- noun graft the acquisition of money, power, etc, by dishonest or unfair means, esp by taking advantage of a position of trust 0
- noun graft something gained in this way, such as profit from government business 0
- noun graft a payment made to a person profiting by such a practice 0
- verb graft to work 0
- verb graft to acquire by or practise graft 0
- noun graft 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; scion 0
- noun graft the act or process of inserting such a bud or shoot 0
- noun graft the place on a plant or tree where such a bud or shoot has been inserted 0
- noun graft a tree or plant with such an insertion 0
- noun graft a joining of one thing to another as if by grafting 0
- noun graft the act of taking advantage of one's position, esp. a political position, to gain money, property, etc. dishonestly 0
- noun graft anything acquired by such illegal methods, as an illicit profit from government business 0
- noun graft 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 part 0
- noun graft such a transplanting 0
- verb transitive graft to insert (a shoot or bud) as a graft 0
- verb transitive graft to insert a graft of (one plant) in another 0
- verb transitive graft to produce (a fruit, flower, etc.) by means of a graft 0
- verb transitive graft to join or make as one 0
- verb transitive graft to transplant (a graft) 0
- intransitive verb graft to be grafted 0