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1. graft
noun. ['ˈgræft'] the act of grafting something onto something else.
Synonyms
Etymology
- graffe (Middle English (1100-1500))
- greffe (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Graft
- redraft
- staffed
- kraft
- krafft
- draught
- draft
- craft
- taft
- shaft
- laughed
- haft
- daft
- calfed
Sentences with graft
1. Noun, singular or mass
A skin graft can close the wound with skin from another part of the body.
2. Verb, base form
Cut a piece from the tree you wish to graft onto the host.
3. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
They also use it when they graft parts of one plant onto another.
Quotes about graft
1. Songs of myselfI am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me, The first I graft and increase upon myself, the latter I translate into new tongue. I am the poet of the woman the same as the man, And I say it is as great to be a woman as to be a man,..
- Walt Whitman
2. graft
verb. ['ˈgræft'] place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient.
Antonyms
Etymology
- graffe (Middle English (1100-1500))
- greffe (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. graft
noun. ['ˈgræft'] the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage.
Etymology
- graffe (Middle English (1100-1500))
- greffe (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. graft
noun. ['ˈgræft'] (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient.
Etymology
- graffe (Middle English (1100-1500))
- greffe (Old French (842-ca. 1400))