- 1graft something (onto/to/into something) graft something (on) (from something) 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.
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- 2graft something (onto something) to cut a piece from a living plant and attach it to another plant
- 3graft something (onto something) to make one idea, system, etc. become part of another one Old values are being grafted onto a new social class.
graft
verbNAmE//ɡræft//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they graft he / she / it grafts
past simple grafted
-ing form grafting
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