/ɡræft/
graft
BrE /ɡrɑːft/
NAmE /ɡræft/
[C]
a piece cut from a living plant and fixed in a cut made in another plant, so that it grows there; the process or result of doing this
[C]
a piece of skin, bone, etc. removed from a living body and placed in another part of the body which has been damaged; the process or result of doing this
a skin graft
[U] (BrE, informal)
hard work
Their success was the result of years of hard graft.
[U] (especially NAmE)
the use of illegal or unfair methods, especially bribery, to gain advantage in business, politics, etc.; money obtained in this way
graft
BrE /ɡrɑːft/
NAmE /ɡræft/
[T]
~ sth (onto/to/into sth) |
~ sth (on) (from sth)
to take a piece of skin, bone, etc. from one part of the body and attach it to a damaged part
newly grafted tissue
New skin had to be grafted on from his back.
[T]
~ sth (onto sth)
to cut a piece from a living plant and attach it to another plant
[T]
~ sth (onto sth)
to make one idea, system, etc. become part of another one
Old values are being grafted onto a new social class.
[I] (BrE, informal)
to work hard