graft

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.transitive

2. (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.intransitive

3. (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.transitive

4. (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.Examples: "And graft my love immortal on thy fame!"; "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."Synonyms: affixtransitive

5. (transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns.transitive

6. (chemistry) To form a graft polymer

1. (obsolete) A ditch, a canal.obsolete

1. (uncountable) Corruption in official life.uncountable

2. (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.uncountable

3. (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice.slanguncountable

4. (countable) A con job.countable

5. (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).countableslang

6. (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.Examples: "If policemen take graft now from the liquor dealers for the privilege of keeping open on Sunday, what is to prevent them, if this bill is passed, from taking graft from the liquor men for the privilege of selling liquor before 1 p.m. on Sunday[…]?"USuncountable

1. (colloquial, intransitive) To work hard.colloquialintransitive