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Definition: Grafting |
GraftingNoun1. The act of grafting something onto something else. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "grafting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | The process of making a graft. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The operation of transfer of tissue from one site to another. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: GraftingSynonym: graft (n). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Grafting trees at Seed Orchard. Credit: D. Huntington. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And always they work, selecting, grafting, changing, driving themselves, driving the earth to produce |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Surgical procedures to correct fracture and deformity include grafting, pinning, and casting. (references) | |
Neural grafting, or transplantation of nerve cells, is an experimental technique proposed for treating the disease. (references) | ||
More advanced cases, in addition to HBO, require sequestrectomy or partial mandibulectomy with eventual bone grafting. (references) | ||
Business | Daqing imported the technologies of emulsion grafting and bulk AB blending from Korea. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Grafting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 87.04% of the time. "Grafting" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 87.04% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Noun (singular) | 9.26% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 54 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "grafting": Cleft grafting ♦ crown grafting ♦ Crown or Rind grafting ♦ grafting by approach ♦ grafting knife ♦ grafting old vines ♦ Grafting scissors ♦ grafting tool ♦ grafting wax ♦ rind grafting ♦ saddle grafting ♦ shield grafting ♦ side grafting ♦ skin grafting ♦ splice grafting ♦ Tongue grafting ♦ whip grafting. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "grafting": bud-grafting, hard-grafting, headstock-grafting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "grafting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | transplantim (implantation, transplantation), shartim (cross, graft). (various references) | |
Arabic | موضع إقحام عسلوج التطعيم, مبتز المال, تطعيم النبات (graft), إطعام النبات. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | присаждане на кожа (skin grafting). (various references) | |
Chinese | 嫁接 (Grafted). (various references) | |
Danish | grafting (spare part surgery, transplantation), transplantation (transplantation), podning (graft, smear). (various references) | |
Dutch | griffeling, transplantatie (transplantation), overplanting (spare part surgery, transplantation, transplanting), enting. (various references) | |
Finnish | ymppäys (seeding, sowing, spawning), varttaminen, varrentaminen, varrennus, transplantaatio (transplantation), oksastus, kudoksensiirto (transplantation), jalontaminen, jalonnus, elimensiirto (transplantation). (various references) | |
French | greffe (graft, grafts), greffage (graft). (various references) | |
German | veredelnd (ennobling), transplantation (graft, transplant, transplantation), pfropfung (graft). (various references) | |
Greek | εμβολιασμός (inoculation, vaccination). (various references) | |
Hungarian | oltás (graft, inoculation, quenching, seeding, vaccination). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pencabangan (bifucation, ramifaction). (various references) | |
Italian | innesto (connection, connexion, graft, joint). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 接ぎ木 , 切り接ぎ . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きりつぎ (cutting and patching), つぎき. (various references) | |
Korean | 붙임. (various references) | |
Manx | skynn noadee (grafting knife), noadaghey crackan (skin grafting). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aftinggray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | garfagem, enxerto (graft, insertion, scion, set, slip, transplantation), enxertia. (various references) | |
Romanian | altoit (grafted), altoire (graft), altoi (cutting, engraft, graft, ingraft, paddle, scion). (various references) | |
Russian | прививка (inoculation, vaccination). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | presađivanje (transplant, transplantation), kalemljenje (inoculation). (various references) | |
Spanish | injerto (graft). (various references) | |
Swedish | ympning (graft, inoculation). (various references) | |
Thai | การต่อตาต้นไม้ (bud grafting). (various references) | |
Turkish | aşılama (fertilization, immunization, implantation, impregnation, infusion, inoculation, instillation, instillment, instilment, vaccinal, vaccination). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adoptio, adoptionem, adoptionis, insitum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "grafting": allografting, autografting, engrafting, ingrafting, intergrafting, isografting, misgrafting, regrafting. (additional references) | |
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"Grafting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: grifting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "grafting" (pronounced gra"fting) |
| 6 | -r a" f t i ng | crafting, drafting, rafting. |
| 5 | -a" f t i ng | shafting. |
| 4 | -f t i ng | airlifting, drifting, gifting, lifting, shifting, shoplifting, sifting, uplifting, wafting, weightlifting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, glinting, gloating, graduating, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, sheeting, shooting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-g-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: grating, ingraft, rafting. | |
-2 letters: faring, fating, gating, gratin, raging, rating, taring. | |
-3 letters: afrit, aging, fagin, faint, garni, giant, graft, grain, grant, grift, infra, riant, tragi, train. | |
-4 letters: agin, airn, airt, anti, fain, fair, fang, fiar, fiat, firn, frag, frat, frig, frit, gain, gait, gang, gift, giga, girn, girt, gnar, gnat, gran, grat, grig, grin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-g-g-i-n-r-t" | |
+2 letters: engrafting, fraughting, gratifying, ingrafting, regrafting. | |
+3 letters: affrighting, fragmenting, fulgurating, isografting, misgrafting. | |
+4 letters: allografting, autografting, deflagrating, forgathering, giftwrapping, godfathering, gratifyingly. | |
+5 letters: airfreighting, featheredging, foregathering, fragmentating, fragmentizing, intergrafting, refrigerating, transfiguring. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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