"graft" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɹɑːft/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɹæft/ [Northern-England, US] Audio: En-au-graft.ogg [Australia] Forms: grafts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːft, -æft Etymology: From Middle English graffe, from Old French greffe (“stylus”), from Latin graphium (“stylus”), from Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”); probably akin to English carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Doublet of graphium. Compare graphic, grammar. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|graffe}} Middle English graffe, {{der|en|fro|greffe||stylus}} Old French greffe (“stylus”), {{der|en|la|graphium||stylus}} Latin graphium (“stylus”), {{der|en|grc|γραφείον}} Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), {{m|grc|γράφειν||to write}} γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”), {{cog|en|carve}} English carve, {{doublet|en|graphium}} Doublet of graphium, {{m|en|graphic}} graphic, {{m|en|grammar}} grammar Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} graft (countable and uncountable, plural grafts)
  1. (countable) 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. Tags: countable Translations (small shoot or scion): قرة (qurra) (Andalusian Arabic), কলম (kolom) (Assamese), калем (kalem) [masculine] (Bulgarian), присад (prisad) [masculine] (Bulgarian), empelt [masculine] (Catalan), 接枝 (jiēzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), roub [masculine] (Czech), ent [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), varte (Finnish), greffon [masculine] (French), greffe [feminine] (French), puga [feminine] (Galician), esgallo [masculine] (Galician), enxerto [masculine] (Galician), Pfropfreis [neuter] (German), μπόλι (bóli) [neuter] (Greek), oltóág (Hungarian), oltóvessző (Hungarian), cangkok (Indonesian), setek (Indonesian), enten (Indonesian), beangán [masculine] (Irish), trapianto [masculine] (Italian), clāvula [feminine] (Latin), Praff [feminine] (Luxembourgish), ente [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), greffe [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), pode [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pode [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), empèut [masculine] (Occitan), ensèrt [masculine] (Occitan), enxerto [masculine] (Portuguese), altoi (Romanian), приво́й (privój) [masculine] (Russian), ка̀лем [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kàlem [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), štep [masculine] (Slovak), injerto [masculine] (Spanish), empelte [masculine] (Spanish), ymp (Swedish), stickling (Swedish), aşı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-fbS9iIK- Disambiguation of 'small shoot or scion': 83 6 11
  2. (countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. Tags: countable Translations (branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot): empelt [masculine] (Catalan), ent [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), varte (Finnish), greffon [masculine] (French), enxerto [masculine] (Galician), oltvány (Hungarian), hasil pencangkokan (Indonesian), beangán [masculine] (Irish), ente [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), greffe [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), empèut [masculine] (Occitan), ensèrt [masculine] (Occitan), enxerto [masculine] (Portuguese), приво́й (privój) [masculine] (Russian), štep [masculine] (Slovak), injerto [masculine] (Spanish), ymp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-0XeqlktZ Disambiguation of 'branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot': 6 84 9
  3. (surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Surgery Translations (portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty): empelt [masculine] (Catalan), bröol [masculine] (Cimbrian), transplantaat [neuter] (Dutch), siirre (Finnish), siirrännäinen (Finnish), greffon [masculine] (French), enxerto [masculine] (Galician), Transplantat [neuter] (German), átültetett szövet (Hungarian), trapianto [masculine] (Italian), insertio [feminine] (Latin), insitum [neuter] (Latin), greffe [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), ensèrt [masculine] (Occitan), empèut [masculine] (Occitan), transplant [masculine] (Occitan), enxerto [masculine] (Portuguese), grefon (Romanian), транспланта́т (transplantát) [masculine] (Russian), трансплантат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), transplantat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), injerto [masculine] (Spanish), transplantat (Swedish), yama (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-GRxOI2-9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 8 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 1 13 4 4 3 4 7 2 1 0 6 13 4 4 8 4 2 5 7 1 5 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty': 2 5 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graff Derived forms: anti-graft, bone graft, graft-versus-host, graft-versus-host disease, skin graft, whip graft, white graft
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡɹɑːft/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɹæft/ [Northern-England, US] Audio: En-au-graft.ogg [Australia] Forms: grafts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːft, -æft Etymology: From Middle Dutch graft (“canal”), from graven (“dig”). The contemporary senses “depth of digging blade” and “narrow spade” may have a separate history, but this is uncertain. Compare Old Norse grǫft (“the action of digging”). Attested from the 17th century. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|dum|graft|t=canal}} Middle Dutch graft (“canal”), {{m|dum|graven|t=dig}} graven (“dig”), {{cog|non|grǫft|t=the action of digging}} Old Norse grǫft (“the action of digging”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} graft (plural grafts)
  1. (obsolete) A ditch, a canal. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-u-Qyo-m1
  2. The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-N4jJH3Cl
  3. A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-D1KfUICP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graff Derived forms: grafting tool
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɡɹɑːft/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɹæft/ [Northern-England, US] Audio: En-au-graft.ogg [Australia] Forms: grafts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːft, -æft Etymology: Uncertain. Some lexicographers suggest an extended use of Etymology 2, above, expanding from “digging” to work more generally, and from there to dishonest work. Others, however, suggest an extension from Etymology 1, shifting from “a shoot or scion” to the notion of corruption through the idea of excrescence. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|excrescence}} excrescence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} graft (countable and uncountable, plural grafts)
  1. (uncountable) Corruption in official life. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Corruption Translations (corruption in official life): կաշառակերություն (kašaṙakerutʿyun) (Armenian), подкуп (podkup) [masculine] (Bulgarian), corruptie [feminine] (Dutch), mädännäisyys (Finnish), corruption [feminine] (French), corrupcion [feminine] (Occitan), взяточничество (vzjatočničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), подкуп (podkup) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-QKlNkR0Y Disambiguation of Corruption: 1 1 4 2 2 1 37 11 2 1 0 13 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 5 0 13 Disambiguation of 'corruption in official life': 92 5 0 0 0 3 0 0
  2. (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life. Tags: uncountable Translations (illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life): voiteluraha (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-Qig5Fn0c Disambiguation of 'illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life': 5 87 1 1 1 3 2 0
  3. (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice. Tags: slang, uncountable Translations (criminal's special branch of practice): métier [neuter] (Dutch), branche [feminine] (Dutch), specialiteit [feminine] (Dutch), branca [feminine] (Occitan), rama [feminine] (Occitan), моше́нничество (mošénničestvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-QxHhXjRU Disambiguation of "criminal's special branch of practice": 1 3 87 1 0 4 3 1
  4. (countable) A con job. Tags: countable Translations (con job): huijaus (Finnish), golpe [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-mpZnArBb Disambiguation of 'con job': 0 2 1 89 0 1 1 5
  5. (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money). Tags: countable, slang Translations (slang: cut of the take): aandeel [neuter] (Dutch), deel [neuter] (Dutch), portie [feminine] (Dutch), siivu (Finnish), podiel [masculine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-PdevRfX4 Disambiguation of 'slang: cut of the take': 1 3 6 2 58 5 16 8
  6. (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis. Tags: US, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics Translations (bribe): подкуп (podkup) [masculine] (Bulgarian), smeergeld [neuter] (Dutch), voiteluraha (Finnish), utu whakapati (Maori), suborno [masculine] (Portuguese), úplatok [masculine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-YAsVWlPI Categories (other): American English Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'bribe': 10 9 4 2 0 71 4 1
  7. (uncountable, Britain, colloquial) Work; labor requiring effort. Tags: Britain, colloquial, uncountable Translations (hard work): labeur [neuter] (Dutch), raataminen (Finnish), whakarīrā (Maori)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-kfNr6plY Categories (other): British English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 1 13 4 4 3 4 7 2 1 0 6 13 4 4 8 4 2 5 7 1 5 Disambiguation of 'hard work': 3 36 2 3 0 3 50 3
  8. (countable, Britain, colloquial) A job or trade. Tags: Britain, colloquial, countable
    Sense id: en-graft-en-noun-vaFl1~-0 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graff
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ɡɹɑːft/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɹæft/ [Northern-England, US] Audio: En-au-graft.ogg [Australia] Forms: grafts [present, singular, third-person], grafting [participle, present], grafted [participle, past], grafted [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːft, -æft Etymology: From Middle English graffe, from Old French greffe (“stylus”), from Latin graphium (“stylus”), from Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”); probably akin to English carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Doublet of graphium. Compare graphic, grammar. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|graffe}} Middle English graffe, {{der|en|fro|greffe||stylus}} Old French greffe (“stylus”), {{der|en|la|graphium||stylus}} Latin graphium (“stylus”), {{der|en|grc|γραφείον}} Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), {{m|grc|γράφειν||to write}} γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”), {{cog|en|carve}} English carve, {{doublet|en|graphium}} Doublet of graphium, {{m|en|graphic}} graphic, {{m|en|grammar}} grammar Head templates: {{en-verb}} graft (third-person singular simple present grafts, present participle grafting, simple past and past participle grafted)
  1. (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. Tags: transitive Translations (to insert a graft in another tree): shartoj (Albanian), պատվաստել (patvastel) (Armenian), присаждам (prisaždam) (Bulgarian), ашладисвам (ašladisvam) (Bulgarian), empeltar (Catalan), roubovat (Czech), enten (Dutch), varttaa (Finnish), enxertar (Galician), pfropfen (German), εμβολιάζω (emvoliázo) (Greek), innestare (Italian), 接ぐ (tsugu) (Japanese), pode (Norwegian Bokmål), pode (Norwegian Nynorsk), pote (Norwegian Nynorsk), empeutar (Occitan), ensertar (Occitan), impian (Old English), پیوند زدن (peyvand zadan) (Persian), enté (Piedmontese), zaszczepiać (Polish), szczepić (Polish), enxertar (Portuguese), altoi (Romanian), привива́ть (privivátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приви́ть (privítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ка̀лемити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), нака̀лемити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kàlemiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nakàlemiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), zaštepiť (Slovak), injertar (Spanish), ympa (Swedish), అంటుకట్టు (aṇṭukaṭṭu) (Telugu), aşılamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-verb-2SUjLc3q Disambiguation of 'to insert a graft in another tree': 47 27 7 8 2 9
  2. (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting. Tags: intransitive Translations (to insert scions): enten (Dutch), varttaa (Finnish), enxertar (Galician), pfropfen (German), olt (Hungarian), innestare (Italian), pode (Norwegian Bokmål), pode (Norwegian Nynorsk), pote (Norwegian Nynorsk), enxertar (Portuguese), ympa (Swedish), aşılamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-verb-lf4vJaT3 Disambiguation of 'to insert scions': 26 55 6 2 4 7
  3. (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Surgery Translations (to implant to form an organic union): empeltar (Catalan), transplanteren (Dutch), tehdä elinsiirto (Finnish), transplantieren (German), ensertar (Occitan), empeutar (Occitan), transplantar (Occitan), پیوند زدن (peyvand zadan) (Persian), enxertar (Portuguese), импланти́ровать (implantírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), injertar (Spanish), transplantera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-verb-IoYV-8LQ Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'to implant to form an organic union': 10 8 52 7 4 20
  4. (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to join as if by grafting): affix Translations (to join as if by grafting): enten (Dutch), liittää (Finnish), ensertar (Occitan), empeutar (Occitan), enxertar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-verb-fOGG2L1B Disambiguation of 'to join as if by grafting': 4 16 6 59 11 5 Disambiguation of 'to join as if by grafting': 4 16 6 59 11 5
  5. (transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-graft-en-verb-7MPV6Y06 Topics: nautical, transport
  6. (chemistry) To form a graft polymer Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (to form a graft polymer): oksastaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-graft-en-verb-9zZiP9si Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'to form a graft polymer': 3 2 4 0 2 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graff, attach, put together, unite, imp, join Derived forms: graft the forked tree
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɡɹɑːft/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɹæft/ [Northern-England, US] Audio: En-au-graft.ogg [Australia] Forms: grafts [present, singular, third-person], grafting [participle, present], grafted [participle, past], grafted [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːft, -æft Etymology: Uncertain. Some lexicographers suggest an extended use of Etymology 2, above, expanding from “digging” to work more generally, and from there to dishonest work. Others, however, suggest an extension from Etymology 1, shifting from “a shoot or scion” to the notion of corruption through the idea of excrescence. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|excrescence}} excrescence Head templates: {{en-verb}} graft (third-person singular simple present grafts, present participle grafting, simple past and past participle grafted)
  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To work hard. Tags: colloquial, intransitive
    Sense id: en-graft-en-verb-pGMnsqru
  2. To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.
    Sense id: en-graft-en-verb-hzHx2Z7A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graff Derived forms: grafter (english: grifter), grift
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(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."
      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "shartoj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "patvastel",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "պատվաստել"
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        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prisaždam",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "присаждам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ašladisvam",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "ашладисвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "empeltar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "roubovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "enten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "varttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "enxertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "pfropfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "emvoliázo",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "εμβολιάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "innestare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsugu",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "接ぐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "pode"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "pode"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "pote"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "empeutar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "ensertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "impian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "peyvand zadan",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "پیوند زدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "pms",
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "enté"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "zaszczepiać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "szczepić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "enxertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "altoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "privivátʹ",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "привива́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "privítʹ",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "приви́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ка̀лемити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "нака̀лемити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "kàlemiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "nakàlemiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "zaštepiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "injertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "ympa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "aṇṭukaṭṭu",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "అంటుకట్టు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 27 7 8 2 9",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
          "word": "aşılamak"
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        "To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting."
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        "(intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting."
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "enten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "varttaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "enxertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "pfropfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "olt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "innestare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "pode"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "pode"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "pote"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "enxertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "ympa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 55 6 2 4 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to insert scions",
          "word": "aşılamak"
        }
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          "langcode": "en",
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            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "(transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union."
      ],
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      ],
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        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "empeltar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "transplanteren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "tehdä elinsiirto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "transplantieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "ensertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "empeutar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "transplantar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "peyvand zadan",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "پیوند زدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "enxertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "implantírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "импланти́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "injertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 8 52 7 4 20",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
          "word": "transplantera"
        }
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          "ref": "1717, Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard.",
          "text": "And graft my love immortal on thy fame!",
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          "ref": "2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "Of course, this was a music cruise, a floating rock festival grafted onto a passenger ship, and a quietly thriving corner of the music and cruise industries.",
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        "To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union."
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          "union"
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        "(transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union."
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        {
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          "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
          "word": "affix"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 16 6 59 11 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
          "word": "enten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 16 6 59 11 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
          "word": "liittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 16 6 59 11 5",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
          "word": "ensertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 16 6 59 11 5",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
          "word": "empeutar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 16 6 59 11 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
          "word": "enxertar"
        }
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          "strap"
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          "weaving"
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        "(transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns."
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        "transport"
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chemistry",
          "orig": "en:Chemistry",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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      "glosses": [
        "To form a graft polymer"
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      "id": "en-graft-en-verb-9zZiP9si",
      "links": [
        [
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        ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) To form a graft polymer"
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      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to form a graft polymer",
          "word": "oksastaa"
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      "word": "কলম"
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      "sense": "portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty",
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      "sense": "portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty",
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      "word": "Transplantat"
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      "sense": "portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty",
      "word": "átültetett szövet"
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      "sense": "portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty",
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      "word": "empèut"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "transplant"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "enxerto"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "grefon"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "транспланта́т"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "injerto"
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      "word": "transplantat"
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      "sense": "portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "graphium",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stylus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin graphium (“stylus”)",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "γραφείον"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to write"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "carve"
      },
      "expansion": "English carve",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "graphium"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "graphic"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grammar"
      },
      "expansion": "grammar",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English graffe, from Old French greffe (“stylus”), from Latin graphium (“stylus”), from Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”); probably akin to English carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Doublet of graphium. Compare graphic, grammar.",
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    {
      "form": "grafts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "grafting",
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        "participle",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        "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."
      ],
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        [
          "insert",
          "insert"
        ],
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ],
        [
          "propagate",
          "propagate"
        ],
        [
          "insertion",
          "insertion"
        ],
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          "stock",
          "stock"
        ]
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        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scion",
          "scion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English transitive verbs",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union."
      ],
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        [
          "surgery",
          "surgery"
        ],
        [
          "implant",
          "implant"
        ],
        [
          "portion",
          "portion"
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        [
          "flesh",
          "flesh"
        ],
        [
          "lesion",
          "lesion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
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      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1717, Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard.",
          "text": "And graft my love immortal on thy fame!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "Of course, this was a music cruise, a floating rock festival grafted onto a passenger ship, and a quietly thriving corner of the music and cruise industries.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union."
      ],
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          "join"
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        [
          "union",
          "union"
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        "(transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns."
      ],
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        [
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          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "bolt",
          "bolt"
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          "block"
        ],
        [
          "strap",
          "strap"
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          "splicing"
        ],
        [
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          "weaving"
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          "cord"
        ],
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          "rope yarn"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To form a graft polymer"
      ],
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          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
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          "graft polymer"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) To form a graft polymer"
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        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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      "ipa": "/ɡɹɑːft/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹæft/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːft"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-æft"
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    {
      "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
      "word": "affix"
    },
    {
      "word": "attach"
    },
    {
      "word": "put together"
    },
    {
      "word": "unite"
    },
    {
      "word": "imp"
    },
    {
      "word": "join"
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      "word": "graff"
    }
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "shartoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patvastel",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "պատվաստել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prisaždam",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "присаждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ašladisvam",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "ашладисвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "empeltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "roubovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "enten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "varttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "enxertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "pfropfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "emvoliázo",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "εμβολιάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "innestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsugu",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "接ぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "pode"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "pode"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "pote"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "empeutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "ensertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "impian"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "peyvand zadan",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "پیوند زدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "enté"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "zaszczepiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "szczepić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "enxertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "altoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privivátʹ",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "привива́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privítʹ",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приви́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ка̀лемити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "нака̀лемити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kàlemiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nakàlemiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "zaštepiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "injertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "ympa"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "aṇṭukaṭṭu",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "అంటుకట్టు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to insert a graft in another tree",
      "word": "aşılamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "empeltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "transplanteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "tehdä elinsiirto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "transplantieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "ensertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "empeutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "transplantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "peyvand zadan",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "پیوند زدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "enxertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "implantírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "импланти́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "injertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to implant to form an organic union",
      "word": "transplantera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
      "word": "enten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
      "word": "liittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
      "word": "ensertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
      "word": "empeutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to join as if by grafting",
      "word": "enxertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "enten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "varttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "enxertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "pfropfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "olt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "innestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "pode"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "pode"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "pote"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "enxertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "ympa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to insert scions",
      "word": "aşılamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to form a graft polymer",
      "word": "oksastaa"
    }
  ],
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    "en:graft"
  ],
  "word": "graft"
}

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      "word": "grafting tool"
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        "t": "canal"
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      "name": "bor"
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        "t": "dig"
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      "name": "m"
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        "t": "the action of digging"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch graft (“canal”), from graven (“dig”). The contemporary senses “depth of digging blade” and “narrow spade” may have a separate history, but this is uncertain. Compare Old Norse grǫft (“the action of digging”). Attested from the 17th century.",
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      "form": "grafts",
      "tags": [
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      "glosses": [
        "A ditch, a canal."
      ],
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          "canal"
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        "(obsolete) A ditch, a canal."
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        {
          "ref": "1798 [1792], Memoirs of Science and the Arts, Transactions of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, page 117",
          "text": "[…] in the first operation, we dug through the peat, the hard sand, and gravel, and one spade's graft (about nine inches deep, and seven inches wide) into the quick sand, the whole length of this drain,[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel."
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        "A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches."
      ]
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        "A job or trade."
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      "sense": "corruption in official life",
      "word": "կաշառակերություն"
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      "sense": "corruption in official life",
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      "sense": "corruption in official life",
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      "sense": "corruption in official life",
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      "sense": "con job",
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      "sense": "bribe",
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      "code": "mi",
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