Word Meaning

Meaning of graft

- 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.
- A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
- A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
- To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
- To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
- To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
- To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
- To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

Crossword clue for graft

- Bribery
- Fix flatboat after gouging prow
- Hardwork (coll)
- Illicit profit in skin transplant
- Implant
- Payoffs and kickbacks
- Surgical procedure
- Tissue transplant
- Transplant
- White-collar crime