graft meaning and definition

GRAFT noun

Definition of graft (noun)

1. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
   • synonyms: transplant
2. the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
   • synonyms: bribery
3. the act of grafting something onto something else
   • synonyms: grafting

GRAFT verb

Definition of graft (verb)

1. cause to grow together parts from different plants
   • "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
   • synonyms: engraft, ingraft
2. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
   • synonyms: transplant