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Webster 1913 Edition

Graft

Graft

,
Noun.
[OE.
graff
, F.
greffe
, originally the same word as OF.
grafe
pencil, L.
graphium
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to write; prob. akin to E.
carve
. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Cf.
Graphic
,
Grammar.
]
(a)
A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
(b)
A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
(c)
(Surg.)
A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

Graft

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Grafted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Grafting
.]
[F.
greffer
. See
Graft
,
Noun.
]
1.
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.
[Formerly written
graff
.]
2.
(Surg.)
To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
3.
To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
And
graft
my love immortal on thy fame !
Pope.
4.
(Naut.)
To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.

Graft

,
Verb.
I.
To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

Webster 1828 Edition

Graft

GR`AFT

,
Noun.
[L. scribo, the sense of which is to scrape or to dig.]
A small shoot or cion of a tree, inserted in another tree as the stock which is to support and nourish it. These unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

GR`AFT

,
Verb.
T.
To insert a cion or shoot, or a small cutting of it, into another tree.
1.
To propagate by insertion or inoculation.
2.
To insert in a body to which it did not originally belong. Rom.11.17.
3.
To impregnate with a foreign branch.
4.
To join one thing to another so as to receive support from it.
And graft my love immortal on thy fame.

GR`AFT

,
Verb.
I.
To practice the insertion of foreign cions on a stock.

Definition 2024

graft

graft

English

Alternative forms

Noun

graft ‎(countable and uncountable, plural grafts)

  1. (countable) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
  2. (countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
  3. (surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
Translations

Verb

graft ‎(third-person singular simple present grafts, present participle grafting, simple past and past participle grafted)

  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
  3. (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
    1717 Eloisa to Abelard. And graft my love immortal on thy fame! — Alexander Pope
  4. (transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
  5. (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

graft ‎(plural grafts)

  1. Alternative form of graff ("canal")
  2. The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
  3. A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

graft ‎(countable and uncountable, plural grafts)

  1. (uncountable) Corruption in official life.
  2. (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
  3. (uncountable, slang) A criminal's special branch of practice
  4. (countable) A con job.
  5. (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).
  6. (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.

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  1. (Britain) (uncountable, colloquial) Work; labor
  2. (Britain) (countable, colloquial) A job or trade.
  3. (Britain) (uncountable, colloquial) Effort needed for doing hard work.
Translations

Verb

graft ‎(third-person singular simple present grafts, present participle grafting, simple past and past participle grafted)

  1. To work
  2. To obtain illegal gain from bribery of similar corrupt practices.
Derived terms

Derived terms

References

  • graft in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911 See supplements.

Etymology

From Middle English graffe, from Old French greffe ‎(“stylus”), from Latin graphium ‎(“stylus”), from Ancient Greek γραφείον ‎(grapheíon), from γράφειν ‎(gráphein, “to write”); probably akin to English carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Compare graphic, grammar.

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