Grafting — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of grafting something onto something else

cause to grow together parts from different plants

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɑːɹbɚɹɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹˈaftɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹˈaftɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈɑːɹbɚɹɪŋ/.

Examples

graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ingraft graft transplant engraft

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of grafting something onto something else
verb	cause to grow together parts from different plants “graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree”
verb	place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

Word Forms

graft	verb	cause to grow together parts from different plants
graft	noun	the act of grafting something onto something else
grafting	noun	the act of grafting something onto something else
transplant	noun	(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
transplantation	noun	an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Pfropfung

der Akt des Aufpfropfens von etwas auf etwas anderes

🇫🇷French

greffage

le fait de greffer quelque chose sur autre chose

🇪🇸Spanish

injerto

el acto de injertar algo en otra cosa

🇮🇹Italian

innesto

l'atto di innestare qualcosa su qualcos'altro

🇳🇱Dutch

enten

de handeling waarbij iets op iets anders wordt geënt

🇵🇹Portuguese

enxerto

o ato de enxertar algo em outra coisa

🇷🇺Russian

прививка

акт прививки чего-то к чему-то другому

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कलम बांधने का काम

किसी चीज़ को किसी और चीज़ पर ग्राफ्ट करने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

গ্রাফটিং

অন্য কিছুতে কিছু কলম করার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

ஒட்டுதல்

எதையாவது வேறொன்றில் ஒட்டும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

అంటుకట్టుట

ఏదో ఒకదానిపైకి అంటుకునే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

कलम करणे

काहीतरी दुसऱ्यावर कलम करण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

કલમ બનાવવી

કંઈક બીજા પર કલમ બનાવવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಸಿಮಾಡುವುದು

ಯಾವುದನ್ನಾದರೂ ಬೇರೆಯದಕ್ಕೆ ಕಸಿಮಾಡುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഒട്ടിക്കൽ

എന്തെങ്കിലും മറ്റൊന്നിലേക്ക് ഒട്ടിക്കുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗ੍ਰਾਫਟਿੰਗ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਚੀਜ਼ 'ਤੇ ਗ੍ਰਾਫਟ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

گرافٹنگ

کسی اور چیز پر پیوند لگانے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

嫁接

将某物移植到另一物上的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

接ぎ木

何かを他のものに接ぎ木する行為

🇰🇷Korean

접목

어떤 것을 다른 것에 접목하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự ghép

hành động ghép cái gì đó vào cái gì khác

🇹🇭Thai

การปลูกถ่ายอวัยวะ

การกระทำของการต่อกิ่งบางสิ่งบางอย่างไปยังสิ่งอื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

okulasi

tindakan mencangkokkan sesuatu ke sesuatu yang lain

🇵🇭Filipino

paghugpong

ang pagkilos ng paghugpong ng isang bagay sa ibang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

cantuman

perbuatan mencantumkan sesuatu pada sesuatu yang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تطعيم

فعل تطعيم شيء على شيء آخر

🇮🇷Persian

پیوند زدن

عمل پیوند دادن چیزی به چیز دیگری

🇹🇷Turkish

aşılama

bir şeyi başka bir şeye aşılama eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

השתלה

הפעולה של השתלת משהו על משהו אחר

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