Graft - English meaning
ɡrɑːft
Graft – definitions in English dictionary
nounA shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap.
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From those few grafts, other grafts were made from the top cuttings of the trees, but the seeds hav…Synonims:
ScionCuttingShootOffshootBudSlipNew growthSproutSprignounA piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically.
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The database also provides survival rates of people who received cell grafts, helping doctors and t…Synonims:
TransplantImplantImplantationnounBribery and other corrupt practices used to secure illicit advantages or gains in politics or business.
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Sweeping measures to curb official graftSynonims:
CorruptionBriberyBribingDishonestyDeceitFraudFraudulenceSubornationUnlawful practicesIllegal meansUnderhand meansPayolaPalm-greasingBack-scratchingHush moneyKickbackCrookednesnounHard work.
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Success came after years of hard graftSynonims:
WorkEffortEndeavourToilLabourExertionThe sweat of one's browDrudgeryDonkey workPerseverancePersistenceSlogYakka
verbInsert (a shoot or twig) as a graft.
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It was common to graft different varieties on to a single tree trunkverbTransplant (living tissue) as a graft.
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They can graft a new hand on to the nerve endsSynonims:
TransplantImplantTransferverbCombine or integrate (an idea, system, etc.) with another, typically in a way considered inappropriate.
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Old values have been grafted on to a new economic classSynonims:
FastenAttachAddFixJoinInsert
verbMake money by shady or dishonest means.
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The only friends i had were people i would graft with or put money together for drugs with.
verbWork hard.
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I need people prepared to go out and graftSynonims:
Work hardExert oneselfToilLabourHammer awayGrind awaySweatPlod awaySlave awayWork like a trojanWork like a dogPerseverePersistKeep at itStick with itSlog awayPlug awayBeaver
noun(esp. in politics) the obtaining of money or advantage through the dishonest use of power and influence
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His administration was marked by widespread graft and crime.
nounIllegal activities involving dishonest use of power and money
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Corruption in government is common, and several elected officials are suspected of graft., graft ch…
nounA piece of healthy skin or bone cut from one part of a person's body and used to repair another damaged part, or a piece cut from one living plant and attached to another plant so that it grows there
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Skin graft he has had a skin graft on his badly burned arm.
nounWork
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Hard graft i've never been afraid of hard graft.
nounThe act of getting money or advantage through the dishonest use of political power and influence
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The whole government was riddled with graft, bribery, and corruption.
verbTo take and put in place a graft
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Be grafted on/onto skin was removed from her leg and grafted on/onto her face.
verbTo join or add something new
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Graft something onto something the management tried unsuccessfully to graft new working methods ont…
verbTo work hard
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Graft (away) it was very sad that after spending all those years grafting (away), he died so soon a…
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Word origin
mid 19th century: perhaps related to the phrase spade's graft ‘the amount of earth that one stroke of a spade will move’, based on Old Norse grǫftr ‘digging’.
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