Graft
noun
The act of taking and inserting a part of one plant into another to make a new one.
The apple tree produced a high yield of fruit due to a successful graft.
Often appears as...
- graft union
- graft survival
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Technical
noun
A piece of tissue or an organ transplanted from a donor to the body of a living organism to replace a damaged or missing part.
He waits in the hospital for a skin graft.
Often appears as...
- graft-versus-host disease
- graft rejection
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Technical
noun
Illegal or unfair gain, usually acquired through dishonesty or bribery.
The judge was found guilty of graft during his term.
Often appears as...
- graft and corruption
- accused of graft
verb
To insert a part of a plant into another plant so they grow together.
She decided to graft a branch of the apricot tree onto the peach tree.
Often appears as...
- graft onto
- graft a scion
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Technical
verb
To transplant tissue from one part of the body to another, or from one individual to another.
The surgeon grafted a healthy vein from his leg to replace the blocked artery in his heart.
Often appears as...
- graft tissue
- graft skin
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Technical
verb
To earn money or benefits through dishonesty.
He stopped grafting when he realized the risks outweighed the benefits.
Often appears as...
- graft from
- graft off
noun
The act of taking and inserting a part of one plant into another to make a new one.
The apple tree produced a high yield of fruit due to a successful graft.
Often appears as...
- graft union
- graft survival
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A piece of tissue or an organ transplanted from a donor to the body of a living organism to replace a damaged or missing part.
He waits in the hospital for a skin graft.
Often appears as...
- graft-versus-host disease
- graft rejection
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Illegal or unfair gain, usually acquired through dishonesty or bribery.
The judge was found guilty of graft during his term.
Often appears as...
- graft and corruption
- accused of graft
verb
To insert a part of a plant into another plant so they grow together.
She decided to graft a branch of the apricot tree onto the peach tree.
Often appears as...
- graft onto
- graft a scion
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To transplant tissue from one part of the body to another, or from one individual to another.
The surgeon grafted a healthy vein from his leg to replace the blocked artery in his heart.
Often appears as...
- graft tissue
- graft skin
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To earn money or benefits through dishonesty.
He stopped grafting when he realized the risks outweighed the benefits.
Often appears as...
- graft from
- graft off
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Plant Combination
Grafting in horticulture creates a new plant by combining parts from two plants.
The gardener's graft made a cherry-plum hybrid.
Pro Tip 2/2Growth Technique
Grafting is a precise technique that requires skill and knowledge to connect plant tissues.
She studied how to graft delicate vines before trying it.
Pro Tip 1/2Plant Combination
Grafting in horticulture creates a new plant by combining parts from two plants.
The gardener's graft made a cherry-plum hybrid.
Pro Tip 2/2Growth Technique
Grafting is a precise technique that requires skill and knowledge to connect plant tissues.
She studied how to graft delicate vines before trying it.
Pro Tip 1/2Plant Combination
Grafting in horticulture creates a new plant by combining parts from two plants.
The gardener's graft made a cherry-plum hybrid.
Pro Tip 2/2Growth Technique
Grafting is a precise technique that requires skill and knowledge to connect plant tissues.
She studied how to graft delicate vines before trying it.
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Tal Golesworthy: How I...
Never done it before in his life, he put the first one in, didn't like it, he put the second one in. Happy, away I went. Four and a half hours on the table, and everything was done. So the surgical implantation was actually the easiest part. If you compare our new treatment to the existing alternative, the composite aortic root graft,
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Can we build AI without...
We would feel a little more urgency than we do. Another reason we're told not to worry is that these machines can't help but share our values because they will be literally extensions of ourselves. They'll be grafted onto our brains, and we'll essentially become their limbic systems. Now take a moment to consider
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Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
In China, all across that country, members of the New Citizens' Movement are beginning to activate and organize to fight official corruption and graft, and they're drawing the ire of officials there, but they're also drawing the attention of anti-corruption activists all around the world.
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How one tree grows 40...
as the project continues, it's been conservation by way of the art world. As I've been asked to create these in different locations, what I'll do is I'll research varieties that originated or were historically grown in that area, I'll source them locally and graft them to the tree
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How math saved my life PIPE...
and I said you mean all these equations can be grafted to a shape and she said yes and I said Wow then we are talking about the same thing but just in two different ways and from that day I was completely hooked I would find myself in
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
using a process called grafting to create this variety that's half tomato and half potato. Breeders have also used other types of genetic techniques, such as random mutagenesis, which induces uncharacterized mutations
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How Growing Trees Helps...
system another thing we use is grafting you have what you call a root stock take a branch which we call a scion and then you attach it the routing system can go deep in the soil and nourish the soil to
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Susan Lim: Transplant...
or a part of an organ, like a split liver graft, to a relative or loved one. But as there was still a dire shortage of donor organs, the gift of life was then extended from living, related donors
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The satisfying math of...
has applications from the vastness of space to the microscopic world of our cells. Using principles of origami, medical engineers have re-imagined the traditional stent graft,
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South Africa's Strongest...
extraordinary and has helped rhino conservation all over the world vets in Korea staff were able to perform pioneering skin grafts as she grew from strength to strength
Video examples
Tal Golesworthy: How I...
Never done it before in his life, he put the first one in, didn't like it, he put the second one in. Happy, away I went. Four and a half hours on the table, and everything was done. So the surgical implantation was actually the easiest part. If you compare our new treatment to the existing alternative, the composite aortic root graft,
Video examples
Can we build AI without...
We would feel a little more urgency than we do. Another reason we're told not to worry is that these machines can't help but share our values because they will be literally extensions of ourselves. They'll be grafted onto our brains, and we'll essentially become their limbic systems. Now take a moment to consider
Video examples
Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
In China, all across that country, members of the New Citizens' Movement are beginning to activate and organize to fight official corruption and graft, and they're drawing the ire of officials there, but they're also drawing the attention of anti-corruption activists all around the world.
Video examples
How one tree grows 40...
as the project continues, it's been conservation by way of the art world. As I've been asked to create these in different locations, what I'll do is I'll research varieties that originated or were historically grown in that area, I'll source them locally and graft them to the tree
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
and I said you mean all these equations can be grafted to a shape and she said yes and I said Wow then we are talking about the same thing but just in two different ways and from that day I was completely hooked I would find myself in
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
using a process called grafting to create this variety that's half tomato and half potato. Breeders have also used other types of genetic techniques, such as random mutagenesis, which induces uncharacterized mutations
Video examples
How Growing Trees Helps...
system another thing we use is grafting you have what you call a root stock take a branch which we call a scion and then you attach it the routing system can go deep in the soil and nourish the soil to
Video examples
Susan Lim: Transplant...
or a part of an organ, like a split liver graft, to a relative or loved one. But as there was still a dire shortage of donor organs, the gift of life was then extended from living, related donors
Video examples
The satisfying math of...
has applications from the vastness of space to the microscopic world of our cells. Using principles of origami, medical engineers have re-imagined the traditional stent graft,
Video examples
South Africa's Strongest...
extraordinary and has helped rhino conservation all over the world vets in Korea staff were able to perform pioneering skin grafts as she grew from strength to strength
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Perrie Edwards
English Singer
We have grafted, we write our own music, we are great performers - we put our life and soul into it. So when people say, 'Why are they wearing that?' you just want to say, 'Did you hear the vocals? Did you see the performance? Did you see how much went into it?
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John Polanyi
Hungarian Scientist
The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general.
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George Osborne
British Politician
You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.
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Mark Ruffalo
American Actor
Whatever we want to think about American business - work hard, tell the truth, have morality - it's a myth. There's a lot of graft.
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Tulisa
English Musician
I grind and I graft, but I will make sure that I get that time off here and there to unwind and relax and have a life.
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Rob Cross
English Celebrity
Since having three kids, and the responsibility that goes with it, I know what it's like to graft for money.
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German Critic
The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.
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Andre Aciman
American Writer
My Night at Maud's,' 'Claire's Knee,' 'Chloe in the Afternoon' are grafted onto my life.
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Wilfried Zaha
Athlete
I've grafted to get here, so Manchester United is where I want to stay.
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Daniel Mallory Ortberg
American Writer
When I was twenty years old, I had gum grafts put in.
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Perrie Edwards
English Singer
We have grafted, we write our own music, we are great performers - we put our life and soul into it. So when people say, 'Why are they wearing that?' you just want to say, 'Did you hear the vocals? Did you see the performance? Did you see how much went into it?
Quote examples
John Polanyi
Hungarian Scientist
The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general.
Quote examples
George Osborne
British Politician
You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.
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Mark Ruffalo
American Actor
Whatever we want to think about American business - work hard, tell the truth, have morality - it's a myth. There's a lot of graft.
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Tulisa
English Musician
I grind and I graft, but I will make sure that I get that time off here and there to unwind and relax and have a life.
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Rob Cross
English Celebrity
Since having three kids, and the responsibility that goes with it, I know what it's like to graft for money.
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German Critic
The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.
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Andre Aciman
American Writer
My Night at Maud's,' 'Claire's Knee,' 'Chloe in the Afternoon' are grafted onto my life.
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Wilfried Zaha
Athlete
I've grafted to get here, so Manchester United is where I want to stay.
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Daniel Mallory Ortberg
American Writer
When I was twenty years old, I had gum grafts put in.
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