graft

1. 1.

   cause to grow together parts from different plants

   “graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree”

   Synonymsengraftingraft

   Broaderjoin
2. 2.

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

   Synonymstransplant

   Broaderinsert

Other forms of graft

plural

grafts·

past tense

grafted·

present participle

grafting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about graft

What does graft mean?

graft means "(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in graft?

graft has 1 syllable: graft. In IPA it is /ˈɡɹæft/.

What is another word for graft?

Close synonyms include transplant, bribery, grafting, engraft, ingraft. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is graft a common word?

graft is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with graft?

1 word rhymes with graft. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.