The meaning of Graft

verb

Join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount.

Usage examples:

I've started a petition so if you would like to add your name, email me

abbreviation

Analogue digital digital, indicating that a music recording was made in analogue format before being mastered and stored digitally.

noun

Any of a range of behavioural disorders occurring primarily in children, including such symptoms as poor concentration, hyperactivity, and learning difficulties.

verb

Join or fasten (something) to something else.

Usage examples:

Attach your safety line to the bridge

noun

A large semiaquatic broad-tailed rodent native to north america and northern eurasia. it is noted for its habit of gnawing through trees to fell them in order to make dams.

Usage examples:

The rodentia also includes beavers, muskrats, porcupines, woodchucks, chipmunks, squirrels, prairie…

verb

Work hard.

Usage examples:

Bridget beavered away to keep things running smoothly

noun

The lower part of the face guard of a helmet in a suit of armour. the term is also used to refer to the upper part or visor, or to a single movable guard.

Usage examples:

The ghost wears the beaver, or visor, of the helmet raised.

noun

The giving or offering of a bribe.

Usage examples:

His opponent had been guilty of bribery and corruption

noun

The crime of giving someone money or something else of value, often illegally, to persuade that person to do something you want

Usage examples:

Charges of bribery and official corruption were made.

noun

The crime of giving someone, especially someone in a position of authority, money, a gift, etc. so that they will do something illegal or dishonest for you

Usage examples:

The organization was rife with bribery and corruption., he was indicted in a bribery scandal over s…

verb

Dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one's favour by a gift of money or other inducement.

Usage examples:

They attempted to bribe opponents into losing

noun

A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone.

Usage examples:

Lawmakers were caught accepting bribes to bring in legalized gambling

noun

A compact growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot.

Usage examples:

Flower meristem, flower buds, and leaves from green and 2 d-etiolated plants were analysed for atp …

verb

(of a plant or animal) form a bud.

Usage examples:

New blood vessels bud out from the vascular bed

noun

A friendly form of address from one boy or man to another.

Usage examples:

I'll tell you what, bud

noun

Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

Usage examples:

The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

noun

Dishonest or illegal behaviour involving a person in a position of power, for example, accepting money for doing something illegal or immoral

Usage examples:

He was a member of the team looking into allegations of corruption in the local government building…

noun

The action of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting of the cake

adjective

Capable of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting blades of the hedge trimmer

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

Usage examples:

A web of deceit

noun

Speech or behavior that keeps the truth hidden

Usage examples:

All we hear from them are lies and deceit., she just assumes that elected leaders are cynical and d…

noun

Dishonest or illegal methods used by a person or organization in order to get something or to make people believe that something is true when it is not

Usage examples:

The company filed a legal claim alleging deceit and breach of contract.

noun

Deceitfulness shown in someone's character or behaviour.

Usage examples:

The dismissal of thirty civil servants for dishonesty and misconduct

noun

The quality or an act of not being honest

Usage examples:

Her dishonesty landed her in prison., mistakes and misunderstandings are a far more common cause of…

noun

Hard menial or dull work.

Usage examples:

Domestic drudgery

noun

Hard, boring work

Usage examples:

Cleaning the oven is sheer drudgery.

noun

A vigorous or determined attempt.

Usage examples:

in an effort to save money, i have committed to only buying items that i truly need

noun

Physical or mental activity needed to achieve something, or an attempt to do something

Usage examples:

[ c ] they met again in an effort to end the strike and get people back to work., [ u ] it took yea…

noun

A serious attempt to do something

Usage examples:

An effort to do sth this is part of an ongoing effort to develop the asian debt market., the guidel…

verb

Try hard to do or achieve something.

Usage examples:

He is endeavouring to help the third world

noun

An attempt to achieve a goal.

Usage examples:

An endeavour to reduce serious injury

verb

To try to do something

Usage examples:

Engineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem., in spite of our best endeavours, i…

noun

Physical or mental effort.

Usage examples:

She was panting with the exertion

noun

The use of a lot of mental or physical effort

Usage examples:

I get out of breath with any kind of physical exertion., we were exhausted after our exertions., th…

verb

Close or do up securely.

Usage examples:

The tunic was fastened with a row of gilt buttons

verb

To make or become firmly attached or closed

Usage examples:

[ i ] this skirt fastens at the back., [ t ] fasten your seatbelt.

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

noun

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

Usage examples:

He was convicted of fraud

noun

The crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people

Usage examples:

Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison., he says he’s been everywhere and …

noun

The crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type

Usage examples:

Serious/massive fraud we only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious f…

noun

The act of deceiving someone, for example, to get money

Usage examples:

Identity theft wasn't even recognized as a form of fraudulence until recently.

phrasal verb

Study intensively, as before an exam

verb

Insert or fix (tissue or an artificial object) in a person's body, especially by surgery.

Usage examples:

Electrodes had been implanted in his brain

noun

A thing implanted in something else, especially a piece of tissue, prosthetic device, or other object implanted in the body.

Usage examples:

A silicone breast implant

verb

To put an organ, group of cells, or device into the body in a medical operation

Usage examples:

He had a new heart valve implanted., fig. women's basketball must find a way to implant itself into…

noun

The action of implanting or state of being implanted.

Usage examples:

The implantation of alien or artificial hearts

noun

The action of inserting a device or tissue into the body

verb

Place, fit, or push (something) into something else.

Usage examples:

Claudia inserted her key in the lock

noun

A loose page or section in a magazine or other publication, typically one carrying an advertisement.

Usage examples:

Tedious glossy magazine inserts to lure advertisers with inflated readership claims don't compensat…

verb

Introduce

verb

Link; connect.

Usage examples:

The tap was joined to a pipe

noun

A place or line where two or more things are connected or fastened together.

Usage examples:

It was soldered so well that you couldn't see the join

noun

A sudden forceful recoil.

Usage examples:

The kickback from the gun punches your shoulder

noun

Payment made to someone, esp. illegally, for providing help, a job, or a piece of business

Usage examples:

Bankhead got a contract to supply computers to the department in exchange for a kickback.

noun

An amount of money that is secretly and illegally paid to someone in exchange for their help

Usage examples:

He is accused of paying kickbacks to a district official to win contracts with the school system.

noun

Work, especially physical work.

Usage examples:

The price of repairs includes labour, parts, and vat

verb

Work hard; make great effort.

Usage examples:

They laboured from dawn to dusk

noun

Practical work, especially involving physical effort

Usage examples:

The cost will depend on the amount of labour involved., they gave us an estimated price including p…

noun

A side shoot or branch on a plant.

Usage examples:

Pistia stratiotes l. is a free-floating aquatic angiosperm that can reproduce rapidly by vegetative…

noun

The practice of bribing someone in return for the unofficial promotion of a product in the media.

Usage examples:

If a record company spends enough money on payola, it can make any record a hit

noun

Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.

Usage examples:

His perseverance with the technique illustrates his single-mindedness

noun

Continued effort to do or achieve something, even when this is difficult or takes a long time

Usage examples:

It took a lot of patience and perseverance for all sides to reach an agreement., over and over, the…

verb

Continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success.

Usage examples:

His family persevered with his treatment

verb

To try to do or continue doing something in a determined way, despite difficulties

Usage examples:

If i had persevered, i probably would have gotten the job., perseverance accounts for much of their…

verb

Continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

Usage examples:

The minority of drivers who persist in drinking

verb

To continue to exist past the usual time, or to continue to do something in a determined way even when facing difficulties or opposition

Usage examples:

If the pain persists, consult a doctor., although the meeting had ended, she persisted in trying to…

noun

The fact of continuing in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

Usage examples:

Cardiff's persistence was rewarded with a try

noun

The quality of being persistent, or the act of persisting

Usage examples:

A problem with using pesticides is the persistence of chemicals in the soil., his persistence paid …

noun

A young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting.

Usage examples:

Rose wilt was long thought to be a suspected viral disease caused by grafting scions onto imported …

verb

Kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.

Usage examples:

He was shot in the leg during an armed robbery

noun

A young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant.

Usage examples:

He nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems

exclamation

Variant spelling of chute1.

verb

Lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance.

Usage examples:

I slipped over on the ice

noun

An act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance.

Usage examples:

A single slip could send them plummeting down the mountainside

noun

A small piece of paper, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

Usage examples:

His monthly salary slip

verb

Work hard over a period of time.

Usage examples:

They were slogging away to meet a deadline

noun

A spell of difficult, tiring work or travelling.

Usage examples:

It would be a hard slog back to the camp

noun

A small stem bearing leaves or flowers, taken from a plant.

Usage examples:

A sprig of holly

verb

Decorate (pottery) with small, separately moulded designs.

noun

A small tapering tack with no head, used chiefly to hold glass in a window frame until the putty dries.

verb

(of a plant) put out shoots.

Usage examples:

The weeds begin to sprout

noun

A shoot of a plant.

Usage examples:

The flower pots are full of green sprouts

verb

To begin to grow, or to produce new growth

Usage examples:

[ i ] our new seedlings have begun to sprout., a bean sprout

noun

Moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, fever, or fear.

Usage examples:

Beads of sweat broke out on her brow

verb

Another term for sweatsuit or sweatpants.

verb

To excrete a salty, colorless liquid through the skin, esp. when you are hot or frightened

Usage examples:

He was sweating profusely., the soda cans sweat in this humidity., we have to sweat about money bec…

verb

Work extremely hard or incessantly.

Usage examples:

We toiled away

noun

Exhausting physical labour.

Usage examples:

A life of toil

verb

Move from one place to another.

Usage examples:

He intends to transfer the fund's assets to the treasury

noun

An act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.

Usage examples:

A transfer of wealth to the eu's poorer nations

verb

Move from one place to another

verb

Move or transfer (someone or something) to another place or situation.

Usage examples:

It was proposed to transplant the club to the vacant site

noun

An operation in which an organ or tissue is transplanted.

Usage examples:

A heart transplant

verb

To move someone or something, or to be moved from one place to another

Usage examples:

[ t ] i transplanted those bushes to the back of the house., he survived a kidney transplant., i’m …

noun

Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

Usage examples:

He was tired after a day's work

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

Usage examples:

She has been working so hard

combining form

Denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.

Usage examples:

Silverwork

idiom

To work very hard

Usage examples:

You can work like a dog and still not make ends meet.

idiom

To work very hard

Usage examples:

You can work like a dog and still not make ends meet.

noun

Work, especially of a strenuous physical kind.

Usage examples:

It was their hard yakka that built this place

noun

Work