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

n. portion of a plant inserted into the stem of another (Horticulture); portion of tissue which has been surgically transplanted from one place to another; act of grafting; illegal or dishonest acquisition of money

Graft may refer to:Grafting, where the tissues of one plant are affixed to the tissues of anotherMedical grafting, a surgical procedure to transplant tissue without a blood supplySkin grafting, a type of organ transplant procedure involving skinGraft (Netherlands), a village in the municipality of Graft-De RijpPhotograftingIn US politics, graft is a form of political corruption whereby someone profits personally from the public budgetIn some parts of the world, for example in the United Kingdom, graft means hard work (as a noun) or to work hard (as a verb). Thus in British dialect, a grafter is someone who works hard. This is the more commonly understood meaning in the UK, and is mutually exclusive with American concept aboveThe origins of this word are still unproven, but a likely source is the act of digging, considered a low or menial type of work. In American slang of the mid-1800s, graft was used to mean work. By the late 1800s, the meaning drifted to refer to illegal work. The root word is graaf, the imperative form of Dutch word for diggingGraft (1915 film)
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(v. i.)
To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
  

(n.)
To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
  

(n.)
To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
  

(n.)
A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
  

Healthy skin, bone, or other tissue taken from one part of the body and used to replace diseased or injured tissue removed from another part of the body.

the process of inoculating fruit-trees (Rom. 11:17-24). It is peculiarly appropriate to olive-trees. The union thus of branches to a stem is used to illustrate the union of true believers to the true Church.