graft in Japanese
graft in Japanese is 接ぐ — graft means a piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
graft in Japanese
接ぐ
Pronounced: tsugu
(transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
What does "graft" mean?
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noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
"The surgeon used a skin graft to help the burn heal."
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verb To transplant living tissue or a plant shoot onto another body or plant.
"Doctors grafted skin from her thigh onto the burned area."
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noun Dishonest profit gained through abuse of power, especially in politics or business.
"The scandal exposed years of political graft and bribery."
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noun Hard work, especially informal British usage for effort or labor.
"Building the business from scratch took years of hard graft."
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graft in a sentence
- The surgeon used a skin graft to help the burn heal.
- The gardener attached a graft from an apple tree to strengthen the rootstock.
- Doctors grafted skin from her thigh onto the burned area.
- The scandal exposed years of political graft and bribery.
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What is "graft" in Japanese?
"graft" in Japanese is 接ぐ. graft means: A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
How do you pronounce 接ぐ?
"graft" in Japanese is 接ぐ, pronounced "tsugu".
How do you use "graft" in a sentence?
Example: "The surgeon used a skin graft to help the burn heal." In Japanese, "graft" is 接ぐ.
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