| 1. | Horticulture.
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| 2. | Surgery. a portion of living tissue surgically transplanted from one part of an individual to another, or from one individual to another, for its adhesion and growth. |
| 3. | an act of grafting. |
| 4. | to insert (a graft) into a tree or other plant; insert a scion of (one plant) into another plant. |
| 5. | to cause (a plant) to reproduce through grafting. |
| 6. | Surgery. to transplant (a portion of living tissue, as of skin or bone) as a graft. |
| 7. | to attach as if by grafting: an absurdity grafted onto an otherwise coherent body of thought. |
| 8. | Nautical. to cover (a rope) with a weaving of rope yarn. |
| 9. | to insert scions from one plant into another. |
| 10. | to become grafted. |

| 1. | the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, esp. through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc. |
| 2. | a particular instance, method, or means of thus acquiring gain or advantage. |
| 3. | the gain or advantage acquired. |
| 4. | British Slang. work; labor. |
| 5. | to obtain by graft. |
| 6. | to practice graft. |
In politics, the illegal acceptance of bribes by government officials.
graft 1 (grāft)
v. graft·ed, graft·ing, grafts
To transplant or implant tissue surgically into a body part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect. n.
Material, especially living tissue or an organ, surgically attached to or inserted into a body part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
The procedure of implanting or transplanting such material.
The configuration or condition resulting from such a procedure.
Graft
the process of inoculating fruit-trees (Rom. 11:17-24). It is peculiarly appropriate to olive-trees. The union thus of branches to a stem is used to illustrate the union of true believers to the true Church.