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grafting

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡɹɑːftɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɡɹæftɪŋ/
  • CMU ARPABET: G R AE1 F T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The transplanting of a portion of flesh, hair or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, carpentry, construction, manufacturing

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Meaning relationships

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5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of graft

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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6

noun

Meaning 6

the act of grafting something onto something else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: graft

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attachment, affixation

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَطْعِيم (taṭʕīm) — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Armenian: պատվաստում (patvastum) — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Belarusian: прышчэ́пліванне (pryščéplivannje) — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Belarusian: прышчэ́пка (pryščépka) — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Catalan: empelt — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Czech: roubování — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Czech: štěpování — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Danish: podning — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Estonian: pookimine — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Estonian: siirdamine — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Finnish: varttaminen — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • French: greffage — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • German: Veredelung — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • German: Pfropfung — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • German: Pfropfen — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Greek: μεταμόσχευση (metamóschefsi) — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Italian: innesto — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Italian: incastro — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Northern Kurdish: lûlkirin — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Northern Kurdish: tamandin — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Northern Kurdish: muturbekirin — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Latin: insitiō — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: poding — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: poding — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Polish: szczepienie — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Portuguese: enxertia — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Portuguese: enxerto — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Russian: приви́вка (privívka) — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Slovak: štepenie — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Spanish: injerto — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Swedish: ympning — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Tagalog: dugtongsanga — act, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Ukrainian: ще́плення (ščéplennja) — act, art, or process of inserting grafts