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| Back | graft noun, verb BrE /ɡrɑːft/ NAmE /ɡræft/ noun word origin example bank 1 [countable] a piece cut from a living plant and fixed in a cut made in another plant, so that it grows there; the process or result of doing this A healthy shoot should form a strong graft. 2 [countable] a piece of skin, bone, etc. removed from a living body and placed in another part of the body which has been damaged; the process or result of doing this a skin graft 3 [uncountable] (BrE, informal) hard work Their success was the result of years of hard graft. 4 [uncountable] (especially NAmE) the use of illegal or unfair methods, especially bribery, to gain advantage in business, politics, etc; money obtained in this way He promised an end to graft and corruption in public life. verb verb forms word origin 1 [transitive] ~ sth (onto/to/into sth)| ~ sth (on) (from sth) to take a piece of skin, bone, etc. from one part of the body and attach it to a damaged part newly grafted tissue New skin had to be grafted on from his back. 2 [transitive] ~ sth (onto sth) to cut a piece from a living plant and attach it to another plant 3 [transitive] ~ sth (onto sth) to make one idea, system, etc. become part of another one Old values are being grafted onto a new social class. 4 [intransitive] (BrE, informal) to work hard She's been grafting all day. |
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