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ENGRAFT

Dictionary entry overview: What does engraft mean?

• ENGRAFT (verb)
The verb ENGRAFT has 2 senses:

1. cause to grow together parts from different plants
2. fix or set securely or deeply

Familiarity information: ENGRAFT used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ENGRAFT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Cause to grow together parts from different plants

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

engraft; graft; ingraft

Context example:

graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree

Hypernyms (to "engraft" is one way to...):

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Fix or set securely or deeply

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

embed; imbed; implant; engraft; plant

Context examples:

He planted a knee in the back of his opponent / The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum

Hypernyms (to "engraft" is one way to...):

enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engraft"):

pot (plant in a pot)

nest (fit together or fit inside)

bury; sink (embed deeply)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

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