Meaning of "graft" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRAFT

From Old French graffe, from Medieval Latin graphium, from Latin: stylus, from Greek grapheion, from graphein to write.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GRAFT

graft  [ɡrɑːft]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAFT

Graft is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb graft in English.

WHAT DOES GRAFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of graft in the English dictionary

The first definition of graft in the dictionary is a piece of plant tissue, normally a stem, that is made to unite with an established plant, which supports and nourishes it. Other definition of graft is the plant resulting from the union of scion and stock. Graft is also the point of union between the scion and the stock.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GRAFT

PRESENT

Present

I graft

you graft

he/she/it grafts

we graft

you graft

they graft

Present continuous

I am grafting

you are grafting

he/she/it is grafting

we are grafting

you are grafting

they are grafting

Present perfect

I have grafted

you have grafted

he/she/it has grafted

we have grafted

you have grafted

they have grafted

Present perfect continuous

I have been grafting

you have been grafting

he/she/it has been grafting

we have been grafting

you have been grafting

they have been grafting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I grafted

you grafted

he/she/it grafted

we grafted

you grafted

they grafted

Past continuous

I was grafting

you were grafting

he/she/it was grafting

we were grafting

you were grafting

they were grafting

Past perfect

I had grafted

you had grafted

he/she/it had grafted

we had grafted

you had grafted

they had grafted

Past perfect continuous

I had been grafting

you had been grafting

he/she/it had been grafting

we had been grafting

you had been grafting

they had been grafting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will graft

you will graft

he/she/it will graft

we will graft

you will graft

they will graft

Future continuous

I will be grafting

you will be grafting

he/she/it will be grafting

we will be grafting

you will be grafting

they will be grafting

Future perfect

I will have grafted

you will have grafted

he/she/it will have grafted

we will have grafted

you will have grafted

they will have grafted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been grafting

you will have been grafting

he/she/it will have been grafting

we will have been grafting

you will have been grafting

they will have been grafting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would graft

you would graft

he/she/it would graft

we would graft

you would graft

they would graft

Conditional continuous

I would be grafting

you would be grafting

he/she/it would be grafting

we would be grafting

you would be grafting

they would be grafting

Conditional perfect

I would have graft

you would have graft

he/she/it would have graft

we would have graft

you would have graft

they would have graft

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been grafting

you would have been grafting

he/she/it would have been grafting

we would have been grafting

you would have been grafting

they would have been grafting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you graft
we let´s graft
you graft

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to graft

Past participle

grafted

Present Participle

grafting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GRAFT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «graft» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of graft

affix · blood · bud · drudge · effort · exertion · grind · implant · industry · ingraft · insert · join · labour · scion · shoot · slave · slog · splice · sprout · strive · struggle · sweat · toil · transplant · travail · work

TRANSLATION OF GRAFT

Find out the translation of graft to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of graft from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «graft» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: > 移植物
• Translator English - Spanish: injerto
• English: graft
• Translator English - Hindi: भ्रष्टाचार
• Translator English - Arabic: الكسب غير المشروع
• Translator English - Russian: трансплантат
• Translator English - Portuguese: enxerto
• Translator English - Bengali: দেত্তয়ালের ছবি
• Translator English - French: greffe
• Translator English - Malay: Graffito
• Translator English - German: Transplantat
• Translator English - Japanese: 移植片
• Translator English - Korean: > 이식용 조직
• Translator English - Javanese: Graffito
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ghép
• Translator English - Tamil: கிராஃபிட்டோ
• Translator English - Marathi: ग्रफीटो
• Translator English - Turkish: duvar yazısı
• Translator English - Italian: innesto
• Translator English - Polish: przeszczep
• Translator English - Ukrainian: трансплантат
• Translator English - Romanian: altoi
• Translator English - Greek: μοσχεύματος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ent
• Translator English - Swedish: transplantat
• Translator English - Norwegian: pode

8 QUOTES WITH «GRAFT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word graft.

1

Colin Cooper

We weren't treated as prima-donnas. We had to roll up our sleeves and graft with the groundsman. Kids don't have to do anymore. That makes you appreciate things when it turns in your favour and you become a successful professional.

2

Harry Crosby

Though we hear various reports of his existence we can never find the young wizard who is able so they say to graft the soul of a girl to the soul of her lover so that not even the sharp scissors of the Fates can ever sever them apart.

3

Loretta Lynch

Rather than let their product compete fully and fairly in the marketplace, FalconStor resorted to bribery and graft to win important contracts in a scheme that reached the highest levels of the company.

4

Joe Murray

I was performing skin grafts and became interested in why skin wouldn't graft permanently.

5

Mary Renault

In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.

6

Siouxsie Sioux

I liked the idea of being a writer and letting somebody else do the graft.

7

Lincoln Steffens

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

8

Barry Unsworth

Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep South onto North of England provincialism were not successful. All were rejected.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAFT»

Discover the use of graft in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to graft and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Bone Graft Substitutes

Seventeen contributions from leading researchers explore clinical and scientific aspects of bone grafting with an emphasis on new bone graft substitutes entering the marketplace.

Cato T. Laurencin, 2003

Graft in Architecture: Recreating Spaces

'Graft' in architecture refers to any designs added to existing or neglected structures, reinvigorating tired spaces with new life.

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Graft-Versus-Host Disease: New Insights for the Healthcare ...

The editors have built Graft-Versus-Host Disease: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Diagnosis and Screening in this book to ...

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Corrupt Circles: A History of Unbound Graft in Peru

In Corrupt Circles Alfonso W. Quiroz gives a definitive and thorough history of Peruvian corruption that dates back to the country’s colonial period.

Alfonso W. Quiroz, 2008

Graft-vs.-Host Disease, Second Edition,

With detailed contributions from more than 40 leading authorities on the topic, this Third Edition comprehensively explores the immunobiology, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)-offering ...

James Ferrara, Kenneth R. Cooke, H. Joachim Deeg, 1996

Graft-transmitted Diseases of Grapevines

This book covers the characteristics of each class of graft-transmitted pathogen, their effect on vines, how they spread and strategies for their control.

LR Krake, N Scott, MA Rezaian, 1999

Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease: Interdisciplinary Management

who deals with cancer patients posttransplant." --Book Jacket.

Georgia B. Vogelsang, Steven Z. Pavletic, 2009

Curbside Consultation of the ACL

Mathew Busam, MD, and Bernard R. Bach, Jr., MD Great care must be taken to avoid contamination during harvest and or preparation of the graft for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Our protocol emphasizes that the surgeon ...

Bernard Bach, Jr., Nikhil Verma, 2008

Graft vs. Host Disease, Third Edition

With detailed contributions from more than 40 leading authorities on the topic, this Third Edition comprehensively explores the immunobiology, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)-offering ...

James Ferrara, H. Joachim Deeg, Kenneth R. Cooke, 2004

Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

4.1 Split-thickness skin graft. (A) Left temple defect 6 to 8 cm following resection of a deeply infiltrating squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. (B) The 4-month postoperative result using a split-thickness skin graft reconstruction. surgeons have ...

Ira D. Papel, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term graft is used in the context of the following news items.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak must come clean on graft …

The rough and tumble of Malaysian politics means that whoever is in charge is bound to have a bumpy ride. Prime Minister Najib Razak's term ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»

Romanian Prime Minister, Accused of Graft, Is Indicted

BUCHAREST, Romania — Prosecutors in Romania temporarily seized the assets of Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Monday after indicting him ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

School principal face graft case

KATHMANDU, JUL 13 - A corruption case was filed at the Special Court on Monday against Prem Bahadur Nemwang Subba, principal of Binti Vinayak Primary ... «E Kantipur, Jul 15»

Graft cases filed vs LRTA-BAC over LRT-2 maintenance contract

A CONSUMER watchdog filed Monday graft charges against members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Light Rail Transit ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»

Binay told: Answer graft raps first before acting like underdog

A PALACE official dared the camp of Vice President Jejomar Binay to “get their act together” before it plays the part of an underdog. At a press ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»

Anti-graft law covers all: HC

KOLKATA: A person, who is not a public servant, can be prosecuted for taking bribes under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Calcutta ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

EFCC to arraign Oronsaye for N1.2b graft

A former Head of Service of the federation, Mr. Steve Oronsaye, who introduced biometric accounting system in the country, is to be arraigned ... «Daily Times Nigeria, Jul 15»

Text your say: Legal protection against graft convictions

Guilty: Draft defendant suspended Riau governor Annas Maamun listens to his sentence reading at the Bandung Corruption Court. Annas was ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»

ACC sues Biman staff, his wife on graft charges

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against a Biman Bangladesh Airlines staff and his wife for allegedly ... «Prothom Alo, Jul 15»

Vice president of China's top court probed for graft

Xi Xiaoming, vice president of the Supreme People's Court, has been probed for "serious violations of discipline and laws," said China's top ... «WantChinaTimes, Jul 15»