The gardener grafted a red rose onto the stem of another species.
•The gardener grafted on a red rose.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
graft — I UK [ɡrɑːft] / US [ɡræft] noun Word forms graft : singular graft plural grafts 1) a) [countable] a piece of skin, bone etc from one part of your body used to replace or repair a damaged part of your body skin grafts for burns victims b) biology… … English dictionary
graft — graft1 [ græft ] noun 1. ) uncount AMERICAN INFORMAL dishonest or illegal activities in politics or business that involve giving people money or advantages in exchange for their help or support 2. ) uncount BRITISH INFORMAL effort needed for… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
graft — ▪ I. graft graft 1 [grɑːft ǁ græft] noun [uncountable] 1. informal hard work: • He put his success down to stamina, resilience, and sheer hard graft. 2. especially AmE when money or ad … Financial and business terms
graft — 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 … English terms dictionary
graft — graft1 [gra:ft US græft] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: graff graft (14 19 centuries), from Old French grafe pencil, graft , from Greek graphein to write ; because a plant graft looks like a pencil] 1.) a piece of healthy skin or bone taken from… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Graft — Healthy skin, bone, or other tissue taken from one part of the body to replace diseased or injured tissue removed from another part of the body. For example, skin grafts can be used to cover areas of skin that have been burned or surgically… … Medical dictionary
graft — [15] Graft, in its original sense ‘plant part inserted into a living plant’ (the application to skin and other animal tissue is a late 19thcentury development), came from its resemblance in shape to a pencil. Greek graphíon meant ‘writing… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
graft — [15] Graft, in its original sense ‘plant part inserted into a living plant’ (the application to skin and other animal tissue is a late 19thcentury development), came from its resemblance in shape to a pencil. Greek graphíon meant ‘writing… … Word origins
graft — I. noun Etymology: Middle English graffe, grafte, from Anglo French greffe, graife stylus, graph, from Medieval Latin graphium, from Latin, stylus, from Greek grapheion, from graphein to write more at carve Date: 14th century 1. a. a grafted… … New Collegiate Dictionary
graft — graft1 noun 1》 a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap. 2》 a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically. ↘an operation in which tissue is transplanted. verb 1》 insert … English new terms dictionary
To have something on the stock — Stock Stock (st[o^]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.] 1. The stem … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
