graft

Definitions of graft in various dictionaries:

noun - (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient

noun - the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

noun - the act of grafting something onto something else

verb - cause to grow together parts from different plants

verb - place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact.

To join (a plant or plants) by such union.

To transplant or implant (living tissue, for example) surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.

To join or unite closely: graft new customs onto old.

To make a graft.

To be or become joined.

A detached shoot or bud united or to be united with a growing plant.

The union or point of union of a detached shoot or bud with a growing plant by insertion or attachment.

A plant produced by such union.

Material, especially living tissue or an organ, surgically attached to or inserted into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.

The procedure of implanting or transplanting such material.

The configuration or condition resulting from such a procedure.

Unscrupulous use of one’s position to derive profit or advantages; extortion.

Money or an advantage gained or yielded by unscrupulous means.

verb - to unite with a growing plant by insertion