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The meaning of Grafting

Grafting – definition

verb

Insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft.

Usage examples:

It was common to graft different varieties on to a single tree trunk
verb

Transplant (living tissue) as a graft.

Usage examples:

They can graft a new hand on to the nerve ends
verb

Combine or integrate (an idea, system, etc.) with another, typically in a way considered inappropriate.

Usage examples:

Old values have been grafted on to a new economic class
verb

Make money by shady or dishonest means.

Usage examples:

The only friends i had were people i would graft with or put money together for drugs with.
noun

A shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap.

Usage examples:

From those few grafts, other grafts were made from the top cuttings of the trees, but the seeds hav…
noun

A piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically.

Usage examples:

The database also provides survival rates of people who received cell grafts, helping doctors and t…
noun

Bribery and other corrupt practices used to secure illicit advantages or gains in politics or business.

Usage examples:

Sweeping measures to curb official graft
noun

Hard work.

Usage examples:

Success came after years of hard graft
verb

Present participle of graft

Usage examples:

Skin was removed from her leg and grafted on/onto her face., the management tried unsuccessfully to…

Grafting translation into English

Grafting: translate from English into Chinese

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嫁接, 移植

Grafting: translate from English into Dutch

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Enten, Het enten, Inenting, Het oculeren, Vaccinatie

Grafting: translate from English into French

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Greffage, Greffe, Concussionnaire

Grafting: translate from English into German

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Pfropfung, Transplantation, Veredelung, Okulierung

Grafting: translate from English into Hindi

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कलम बांधने का काम, संशोधन, घूसखोरी

Grafting: translate from English into Italian

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Innesto, Margotta

Grafting: translate from English into Korean

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접목, 접목법

Grafting: translate from English into Russian

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Прививка, Пересадка, Трансплантация

Grafting: translate from English into Spanish

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Injerto

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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