Definition of "graft" []

• To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact. (verb-transitive)
• To join (a plant or plants) by such union. (verb-transitive)
• To transplant or implant (living tissue, for example) surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect. (verb-transitive)
• To join or unite closely: graft new customs onto old. (verb-transitive)
• To make a graft. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""Pardon me, but is that what you call a graft investigation that you are making, Miss Hamlin?" inquired Baskinelli."
• "It was part of his graft from the various merchants."
• "They are planning to perform a skin graft on his left leg Monday if his recovery continues as expected."