simple past tense and past participle of graft

plural of grafting

(countable) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

present participle of graft

(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.

(colloquial, intransitive) To work hard. / To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.

(horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts. / (nautical) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.

(obsolete) A ditch, a canal. / The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel. / A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.

(uncountable) Corruption in official life. / (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life. / (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of graft