transplant
transplant is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.
- transitive verb. To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants.
- noun. the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
"the transplant did not flower until the second year"
"too frequent transplanting is not good for families"
- noun. an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
"he had a kidney transplant"
"the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"
- noun. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
- verb. transfer from one place or period to another
"The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
- verb. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
- verb. lift and reset in another soil or situation
"Transplant the young rice plants"
- verb. be transplantable
"These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
Synonyms
transplantation, transplanting, graft, transfer, transpose
Common word forms
transplants, transplanted, transplanter, transplanting, transplantable
Words from these letters
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