grafting

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English

Definitions

verb

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.
To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.

verb

To work.
To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.

noun

The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplastic.
A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

Related words

Synonyms

affix attach put together unite rootstock transplant transplanting imprint transplantation registry registrar laboring grinding slaving toiling drudging slogging plodding

Associated

cabg grafted graft phylloxera autologous vinifera vitis scion seedling angioplasty layering

Rhymes

drafting crafting rafting shafting draughting hafting overdrafting

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