Antonyms for graft

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : graft, grahft

Phonetic Transcription : græft, grɑft

Definition of graft

Origin : "shoot inserted into another plant," late 15c. alteration of Middle English graff (late 14c.), from Old French graife "grafting knife, carving tool, stylus," from Latin graphium "stylus," from Greek grapheion "stylus," from graphein "to write" (see -graphy). So called probably on resemblance of a stylus to the pencil-shaped shoots used in grafting. The terminal -t- in the English word is not explained. Surgical sense is from 1871.

noun transplant
noun payoff for fraud
verb transplant, splice

Example sentences :

We've built a nation of high finance—and graft—and a rising angry mob.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Graft from the full of the Moone, vntill the end of the old.
Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson

But commonly, graft at that time of the Winter, when sap beginneth to arise.
Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson

In a cold Countrey graft later, and in a warme Countrey earlier.
Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson

If you will haue it to be excellent, graft it afterward vpon an Almond tree.
Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson

The graft is tied with raffia, after which it is all but covered with a mound of soil.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

Wherever there is any danger of the graft moving, however, it should be tied.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

As a stock upon which to graft other vines, this species has not been a success.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

With these selected Vulpinas, the graft does not outgrow the stock.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

Seems to me that Italy has all the cards when it comes to graft.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

Synonyms for graft

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