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Meaning of grafting

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

grafting

verb

Definitions

  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.

  2. To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

  3. To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.

  4. To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.

verb

Definitions

  1. To work.

  2. To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

  2. The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.

  3. The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplastic.

  4. A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.