- grafter
- Ⅰ.graft [1] ► NOUN 1) a shoot from one plant inserted into a slit cut into another to form a new growth. 2) a piece of living bodily tissue that is transplanted surgically to replace diseased or damaged tissue. 3) an operation in which tissue is transplanted.► VERB 1) insert or transplant as a graft. 2) incorporate in or attach to something else, especially inappropriately.ORIGIN Old French grafe, from Greek graphion 'writing implement' (with reference to the tapered tip of the plant shoot).Ⅱ.graft [2] Brit. informal ► NOUN ▪ hard work.► VERB ▪ work hard.DERIVATIVES grafter noun.ORIGIN perhaps related to the phrase spade's graft «the amount of earth that one stroke of a spade will move».Ⅲ.graft [3] informal ► NOUN ▪ bribery and other corrupt measures pursued for gain in politics or business.► VERB ▪ make money by graft.DERIVATIVES grafter noun.ORIGIN of unknown origin.
English terms dictionary. 2015.