Dictionary Entry
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.
10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.
- 2transitive verb
To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants.
- 3noun
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"
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- 4noun
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"
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- 5noun
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
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- 6verb
transfer from one place or period to another
"The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
- 7verb
place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
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- 8verb
lift and reset in another soil or situation
"Transplant the young rice plants"
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- 9verb
be transplantable
"These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
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