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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

To join or unite by inserting a piece of tissue or a bud.

e.g. The gardener carefully grafted the new branch onto the tree.

(verb)

in medical usage, to surgically implant or transplant living tissue onto a part of the body;

e.g. He underwent surgery so doctor's could graft skin onto his injured leg.

(verb)

to join or integrate/combine two or more entities (such as systems or ideas), often in a way that is not quite suitable or appropriate;

e.g. They tried to graft the two ideas together, but the resulting solution is doesn't serve either purpose of the original two.

(noun)

the upper portion (a shoot) of a plant that has been fixed into a slit in the trunk of a different living plant, or an instance of carrying out this procedure;

e.g. This plant is a graft of two species created to maximize the harvest.

(noun)

in medical usage, a section of living tissue that is surgically implanted or transplanted into/onto someone's body, or a surgery that is performed to carry this out;

e.g. She received a large skin graft as part of the treatment for the burn she'd sustained.

(noun)

the questionable and dishonest acquisition of advantages or gains in the form of money or favors, i.e. bribery or other corrupt practices, or the illegal/illicit gains or advantages thus obtained;

e.g. They secured the position as a graft for the payment they made.

(verb)

to obtain unfair gains or advantages through dishonest means such as bribery or other corrupt practices;

e.g. They tried to graft their way onto the committee.

(noun)

in informal British usage, hard labor or work;

e.g. It took her years of graft to achieve what she has today achieved.

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