grafting
n.
implantation (Horticulture); transplantation
graft
v.
inserted a portion of a plant into the stem of another (Horticulture); surgically transplant a portion of tissue from one place to another; illegally or dishonestly acquire money
Grafting
grafting
Noun
1. the act of grafting something onto something else
(synonym) graft
(hypernym) attachment, affixation
(derivation) transplant, graft
graft
Noun
1. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
(synonym) transplant
(hypernym) animal tissue
(hyponym) autograft, autoplasty
(derivation) transplant
(classification) surgery
2. the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
(synonym) bribery
(hypernym) felony
(hyponym) commercial bribery
3. the act of grafting something onto something else
(synonym) grafting
(hypernym) attachment, affixation
(derivation) engraft, ingraft
Verb
1. cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
(synonym) engraft, ingraft
(hypernym) join, conjoin
(derivation) grafting
2. place athe organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
(synonym) transplant
(hypernym) insert, infix, enter, introduce
(entail) move
(derivation) transplant
Grafting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Graft
(n.)
The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
(n.)
The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
(n.)
A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
grafting
Synonyms and related words:
embedment, entrance, graft, impaction, impactment, implantation, infixion, infusion, injection, inoculation, insertion, insinuation, interjection, interpolation, introduction, intromission, penetration, perfusion, tessellation, transplant, transplantation
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