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Word: Graft
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English graff, from Old French grafe, via Latin from Greek graphion ‘stylus, writing implement’ (with reference to the tapered tip of the scion), from graphein ‘write’. The final -t is typical of phonetic confusion between -f and -ft at the end of words; compare with tuft
ɡrɑːft
a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap.
Short Definition:shoot or twig inserted into slit of stock
a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically.
Short Definition:piece of living tissue transplanted surgically
Word: Graft
Speech Type: Verb
ɡrɑːft
insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft
Short Definition:insert shoot etc. as graft
Examples:- it was common to graft different varieties on to a single tree trunk
transplant (living tissue) as a graft
Short Definition:transplant living tissue as graft
Examples:- they can graft a new hand on to the nerve ends
combine or integrate (an idea, system, etc.) with another, typically in a way considered inappropriate
Short Definition:combine or integrate idea, system, etc. with another
Examples:- old values have been grafted on to a new economic class
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