grafting

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UK/ˈɡɹɑːftɪŋ/US/ˈɡɹæftɪŋ/

noun

The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

Similar
graft
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

noungrafting (plural graftings)

plural graftings

  1. agricultureThe act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
  2. nauticalThe act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
  3. medicineThe transplanting of a portion of flesh, hair or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
  4. businessA scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of graft

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of grafting something onto something else

Similar
graft
Broader
attachmentaffixation
Also see
graft

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic تَطْعِيم
  • تَطْعِيم (taṭʕīm)act, art, or process of inserting grafts
Catalan empelt
  • empeltact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Czech roubování, štěpování
  • roubováníact, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • štěpováníact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Danish podning
  • podningact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Estonian pookimine, siirdamine
  • pookimineact, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • siirdamineact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Finnish varttaminen
  • varttaminenact, art, or process of inserting grafts
French greffage
  • greffageact, art, or process of inserting grafts
German Veredelung, Pfropfung
  • Veredelungact, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Pfropfungact, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • Pfropfenact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Greek μεταμόσχευση
  • μεταμόσχευση (metamóschefsi)act, art, or process of inserting grafts
Italian innesto, incastro
  • innestoact, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • incastroact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Latin insitiō
  • insitiōact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Norwegian Bokmål poding
  • podingact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Polish szczepienie
  • szczepienieact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Portuguese enxertia, enxerto
  • enxertiaact, art, or process of inserting grafts
  • enxertoact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Russian приви́вка
  • приви́вка (privívka)act, art, or process of inserting grafts
Slovak štepenie
  • štepenieact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Spanish injerto
  • injertoact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Swedish ympning
  • ympningact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Tagalog dugtongsanga
  • dugtongsangaact, art, or process of inserting grafts
Ukrainian ще́плення
  • ще́плення (ščéplennja)act, art, or process of inserting grafts
Cite this entry
APA

grafting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grafting

MLA

“grafting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grafting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grafting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grafting.

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