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ENGRAFT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fix or set securely or deeply

Example:

The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum

Synonyms:

embed; engraft; imbed; implant; plant

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "engraft" is one way to...):

enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engraft"):

pot (plant in a pot)

nest (fit together or fit inside)

bury; sink (embed deeply)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to grow together parts from different plants

Example:

graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree

Synonyms:

engraft; graft; ingraft

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "engraft" is one way to...):

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

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