Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word GRAFT

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Definitions of GRAFT

1. The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
2. A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
3. To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.
4. (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.
5. (countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
6. (surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
7. (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.
8. (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
9. (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
10. (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
11. (transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns.
12. (chemistry) To form a graft polymer
13. (obsolete) A ditch, a canal.
14. (uncountable) Corruption in official life.
15. (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
16. (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice.
17. (countable) A con job.
18. (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).
19. (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
20. (uncountable, British, colloquial) Work; labor requiring effort.
21. (countable, British, colloquial) A job or trade.
22. (colloquial, intransitive) To work hard.
23. A surname.

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Examples of Using GRAFT in a Sentence

• Forms of corruption vary, but can include bribery, lobbying, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement.
• More practically, in agronomy Chimera indicates a plant or portion of a plant whose tissues are made up of two or more types of cells with different genetic makeup; it can derive from a bud mutation or, more rarely, at the grafting point, from the concrescence of cells of the two bionts; in this case it is commonly referred to as a "graft hybrid", although it is not a hybrid in the genetic sense of "hybrid".
• The architect of the university, Dimitri Dimakopoulos, chose to respect the plans of John Ostell and Victor Bourgeau by deciding to graft the new construction around the wall of the nave of the church overlooking Saint Catherine Street and highlighting the bell tower and its gateway.
• Other major decisions included the reorganization of the islands' military defense, approval of a recommendation for government reorganization, the promotion of settlement and development in Mindanao, dealing with the foreign stranglehold on Philippine trade and commerce, proposals for land reform, and opposing graft and corruption within the government.
• In 1908 he collaborated with the American Charles Claude Guthrie to attempt to graft the head of one dog on an intact second dog; the grafted head showed some reflexes early on but deteriorated quickly and the animal was killed after a few hours.
• Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage"), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart.
• And if you were praised for being visionary because you played all your blues grooves to a slightly sequenced beat, you'd probably be tempted to not just continue in that direction, but to tighten the sequencer and graft on synthesizers, since it'll all signal how futuristic you are.
• Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, colloquially known as Tommy John surgery, is a surgical graft procedure where the ulnar collateral ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with either a tendon from elsewhere in the patient's body, or with one from a deceased donor.
• After Hyde was recalled to England in 1708 over charges of graft, bribery, and corruption, the governor of New York was charged to also preside over New Jersey.
• Prince Charles had a three hour bone graft operation, under general anaesthetic, on 1 September 1990, after a broken arm had not healed, with surgeons John Webb and Chris Colton carrying out the procedure.
• The first permanent San Francisco City Hall was completed in 1898 on a triangular-shaped plot in what later became Civic Center, bounded by Larkin, McAllister, and Market, after a protracted construction effort that had started in 1871; although the constructors had promised to complete work within two years, "honest graft" was an accepted practice, and the cost of the structure ballooned from $1 million as budgeted to $8 million.
• He was given the Bantay Katarungan award by Kilosbayan for playing an integral role in the Senate impeachment trial of then-president Joseph Estrada who was impeached by the House of Representatives on 2000 for graft and corruption, bribery, betrayal of public trust, and culpable violation of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
• Some other types of vision impairment include scratched cornea, scratches on the sclera, diabetes-related eye conditions, dry eyes and corneal graft, macular degeneration in old age and retinal detachment.
• White blood cells of the donor's immune system which remain within the donated tissue (the graft) recognize the recipient (the host) as foreign (non-self).
• Stephen Byrum, a local historian, speculates that the reason for this switch was an attempt to spread the graft.
• The ruling came about after Jay Near's newspaper, The Saturday Press, a small local paper that ran countless exposés of Minneapolis's elected officials' alleged illicit activities, including gambling, racketeering, and graft, was silenced by the Minnesota Gag Law of 1925, also known as The Public Nuisance Law.
• In May 1993, Melt-Banana played a show opening for KK Null of Zeni Geva fame, who was impressed enough to immediately offer them a deal with his label, and would later introduce them to Mark Fischer of Skin Graft Records and Steve Albini.
• A full thickness inguinal (groin crease) skin graft is used for the vaginal lining in cases where inadequate scrotal skin is available.
• Tommy John surgery, a surgical graft procedure also known as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction.
• Autograft: graft taken from one part of the body of an individual and transplanted onto another site in the same individual, e.

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