Synonyms of the word graft


GRAFTAFFIXATION - ATTACHMENT - BRIBERY - CONJOIN - ENGRAFT - ENTER - FELONY - GRAFTING - INFIX - INGRAFT - INSERT - INTRODUCE - JOIN - TRANSPLANT

graft

  • n. (countable) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support…
  • n. (countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
  • n. (surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
  • v. (transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another…
  • v. (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic…
  • v. (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small…
  • v. (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice…
  • v. (chemistry) To form a graft polymer.
  • n. Alternative form of graff (“canal”).
  • n. The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
  • n. A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
  • n. (uncountable) Corruption in official life.
  • n. (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
  • n. (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice.
  • n. (countable) A con job.
  • n. (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).
  • n. (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
  • n. (Britain) (uncountable, colloquial) Work; labor.
  • n. (Britain) (countable, colloquial) A job or trade.
  • n. (Britain) (uncountable, colloquial) Effort needed for doing hard work.
  • v. To work.
  • v. To obtain illegal gain from bribery of similar corrupt practices.

affixation

  • n. The adding of an affix to a word.

attachment

  • n. The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
  • n. A strong bonding towards or with.
  • n. A dependence, especially a strong one.
  • n. A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
  • n. The means by which something is physically attached.
  • n. (computing) A file sent along with an email.
  • n. (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
  • n. (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer…

bribery

  • n. the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their…
  • n. (law) the activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes.

conjoin

  • v. (transitive) To join together; to unite; to combine.
  • v. (transitive) To marry.
  • v. (transitive, grammar) To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate…
  • v. (transitive, mathematics) To combine two sets, conditions, or expressions by a logical AND; to intersect.
  • v. (intransitive) To unite, to join, to league.

engraft

  • v. To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a…
  • v. To fix firmly into place.
  • adj. (rare) Engrafted.

enter

  • v. (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
  • v. (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
  • v. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
  • v. (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
  • v. (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
  • v. (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
  • v. (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
  • v. (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in…
  • v. to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods),…
  • v. (transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars…
  • v. to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
  • n. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).
  • n. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).

felony

  • n. (US, law) A serious criminal offense, which, under federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term…

grafting

  • v. present participle of graft.
  • n. (horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
  • n. (nautical) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
  • n. (surgery) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplastic.
  • n. (carpentry) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

infix

  • v. (transitive) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
  • v. (transitive) To instill.
  • v. (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
  • n. (linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English.
  • n. (linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i-…

ingraft

  • v. Alternative spelling of engraft.

insert

  • v. (transitive) To put in between or into.
  • n. An image inserted into text.
  • n. A promotional leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, etc.
  • n. (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in…
  • n. (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.

introduce

  • v. (transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
  • v. (transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.
  • v. (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
  • v. (transitive) To bring (something) into practice.

join

  • v. (transitive) To combine more than one item into one; to put together.
  • v. (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
  • v. (transitive) To come into the company of.
  • v. (transitive) To become a member of.
  • v. (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
  • v. To unite in marriage.
  • v. (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
  • v. To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
  • n. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
  • n. (computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
  • n. (algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the…

transplant

  • v. (transitive) To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  • v. (transitive) To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  • v. (transitive, medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of…
  • n. An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  • n. Anything that is transplanted.
  • n. (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  • n. (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
  • n. (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.

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