Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - graft
Graft
graft
1. n. & v. --n. 1 Bot. a a shoot or scion inserted into a slit of stock, from which it receives sap. b the place where a graft is inserted. 2 Surgery a piece of living tissue, organ, etc., transplanted surgically. 3 sl. hard work. --v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by into, on, together, etc.) insert (a scion) as a graft. b insert a graft on (a stock). 2 intr. insert a graft. 3 tr. Surgery transplant (living tissue). 4 tr. (foll. by in, on) insert or fix (a thing) permanently to another. 5 intr. sl. work hard. Phrases and idioms grafting-clay (or -wax) a substance for covering the united parts of a graft and stock. Derivatives grafter n. Etymology: ME (earlier graff) f. OF grafe, grefe f. L graphium f. Gk graphion stylus f. grapho write 2. n. & v. colloq. --n. 1 practices, esp. bribery, used to secure illicit gains in politics or business. 2 such gains. --v.intr. seek or make such gains. Derivatives grafter n. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn.
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I. noun see: carve Date: 14th century 1. a ~ed plant, scion 1, the point of insertion of a scion upon a stock, 2. the act of ~ing, something ~ed, II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cause (a scion) to unite with a stock, to propagate (a plant) by ~ing, 2. to join or unite as if by ~ing, to attach (a chemical unit) to a main molecular chain, to implant (living tissue) surgically, intransitive verb to become ~ed, to perform ~ing, ~er noun III. noun Etymology: English dialect ~, verb, to work Date: 1853 work, labor, IV. Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1859 transitive verb to get (illicit gain) by ~, intransitive verb to practice ~, V. noun Date: 1865 the acquisition of gain (as money) in dishonest or questionable ways ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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