Meaning & Definition of Graft in English
English⟶
Graft
/græft/
noun
1. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient
- In some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
synonym:
- graft,
- transplant
2. The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
synonym:
- bribery,
- graft
3. The act of grafting something onto something else
synonym:
- graft,
- grafting
verb
1. Cause to grow together parts from different plants
- "Graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
synonym:
- graft,
- engraft,
- ingraft
2. Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
synonym:
- transplant,
- graft