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graft

Definitions


[ɡrɑːft], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap

- a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English graff, from Old French grafe, via Latin from Greek graphion ‘stylus, writing implement’ (with reference to the tapered tip of the scion), from graphein ‘write’. The final -t is typical of phonetic confusion between -f and -ft at the end of words; compare with tuft


[ɡrɑːft], (Verb)

Definitions:
- insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft
(e.g: it was common to graft different varieties on to a single tree trunk)

- transplant (living tissue) as a graft
(e.g: they can graft a new hand on to the nerve ends)

- combine or integrate (an idea, system, etc.) with another, typically in a way considered inappropriate
(e.g: old values have been grafted on to a new economic class)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English graff, from Old French grafe, via Latin from Greek graphion ‘stylus, writing implement’ (with reference to the tapered tip of the scion), from graphein ‘write’. The final -t is typical of phonetic confusion between -f and -ft at the end of words; compare with tuft


[ɡrɑːft], (Noun)

Definitions:
- bribery and other corrupt practices used to secure illicit advantages or gains in politics or business
(e.g: sweeping measures to curb official graft)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: of unknown origin


[ɡrɑːft], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make money by shady or dishonest means


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: of unknown origin


[ɡrɑːft], (Noun)

Definitions:
- hard work
(e.g: success came after years of hard graft)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps related to the phrase spade's graft ‘the amount of earth that one stroke of a spade will move’, based on Old Norse grǫftr ‘digging’


[ɡrɑːft], (Verb)

Definitions:
- work hard
(e.g: I need people prepared to go out and graft)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps related to the phrase spade's graft ‘the amount of earth that one stroke of a spade will move’, based on Old Norse grǫftr ‘digging’




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