(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a piece of healthy skin or bone, or a healthy organ, which is attached to a damaged part of your body by a medical operation in order to replace it.
I am having a skin ~ on my arm soon.
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2.
If a piece of healthy skin or bone or a healthy organ is ~ed onto a damaged part of your body, it is attached to that part of your body by a medical operation.
The top layer of skin has to be ~ed onto the burns.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed onto/on n
3.
If a part of one plant or tree is ~ed onto another plant or tree, they are joined together so that they will become one plant or tree, often in order to produce a new variety.
Pear trees are ~ed on quince rootstocks.
VERB: be V-ed on/onto n
4.
If you ~ one idea or system on to another, you try to join one to the other.
The Japanese tried to ~ their own methods on to this different structure.
VERB: V n onto n
5.
Graft means hard work. (BRIT INFORMAL)
His career has been one of hard ~.
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6.
In politics, ~ is used to refer to the activity of using power or authority to obtain money dishonestly. (mainly AM)
...another politician accused of ~.
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