Question 1 · Quick check
graft
CEFRC1
/ɡɹɑːft/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A piece of living tissue joined to another plant or body part.
- 02
verb
To join living tissue to another plant or body part.
Examples
Select the graft point after imagining how the branches will extend and fruit grow.
Some people hate graft because they didn't get their share.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
More examples
In contextWe had to put in a lot of hard graft to get the job done.
And graft my love immortal on thy fame!
Of course, this was a music cruise, a floating rock festival grafted onto a passenger ship, and a quietly thriving corner of the music and cruise industries.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English graffe, from Old French greffe (“stylus”), from Latin graphium (“stylus”), from Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”); probably akin to English carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Doublet of graphium. Compare graphic, grammar.