n. 1 Bot a shoot or scion inserted into a slit of stock, from which it receives sap. b place where a graft is inserted. 2 Surgery piece of living tissue, organ, etc., transplanted surgically. 3 slang hard work. v. 1 (often foil. by into, on, together, etc.) insert (a scion) as a graft. 2 transplant (living tissue). 3 (foll. by in, on) insert or fix (a thing)
