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English noun: graft | |||
| 1. | graft (body) (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient | ||
| Synonyms | transplant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal tissue | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | allograft, autograft, autoplasty, heterograft, homograft, xenograft | ||
| Domain category | surgery | ||
| 2. | graft (act) the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | ||
| Synonyms | bribery | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | felony | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barratry, commercial bribery | ||
| 3. | graft (act) the act of grafting something onto something else | ||
| Synonyms | grafting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affixation, attachment | ||
English verb: graft | |||
| 1. | graft (contact) cause to grow together parts from different plants | ||
| Samples | Graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree. | ||
| Synonyms | engraft, ingraft | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conjoin, join | ||
| 2. | graft (contact) place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | ||
| Synonyms | transplant | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enter, infix, insert, introduce | ||
| Entail | move | ||
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