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graft noun

  /ɡɹæft/ , /ɡɹɑːft/
  • (countable) A con job.
 golpe
  • (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
 suborno

graft verb

  /ɡɹæft/ , /ɡɹɑːft/
  • (transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
  • (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
  • (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
 enxertar

graft noun

  /ɡɹæft/ , /ɡɹɑːft/
  • (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
  • (horticulture) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
  • (surgery) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
 enxerto

grafting noun

  /ˈɡɹæftɪŋ/ , /ˈɡɹɑːftɪŋ/
  • (horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
 enxerto, enxertia
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