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  • 1graft — graft1 [gra:ft US græft] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: graff graft (14 19 centuries), from Old French grafe pencil, graft , from Greek graphein to write ; because a plant graft looks like a pencil] 1.) a piece of healthy skin or bone taken from… …

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  • 2graft — 1 noun 1 (C) a piece of healthy skin or bone taken from someone s body and put in or on another part of their body that has been damaged: Her severe burns were treated with skin grafts. 2 (C) a piece cut from one plant and tied to or put inside a …

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  • 3graft — [[t]grɑ͟ːft, græ̱ft[/t]] grafts, grafting, grafted 1) N COUNT: oft supp N A graft is a piece of healthy skin or bone, or a healthy organ, which is attached to a damaged part of your body by a medical operation in order to replace it. I am having… …

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  • 4graft — [grɑːft] noun I 1) [C] a piece of skin or bone from one part of your body that is used to replace or repair a damaged part of your body 2) [C] a piece that is taken from a plant and joined to a cut that has been made in another plant, so that it… …

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  • 5china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 6China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 7Pat Whelan — Infobox musical artist Name = Pat Whelan Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = Musician Alias = Origin = South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, UK Genre = Years active = Label = Hard Graft Recordings Associated acts = URL =… …

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  • 8Skins (TV series) — This article is about the UK TV Series. For the North American remake, see Skins (2011 TV series). Skins Genre Teen drama Created by …

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  • 9Kibbutz — A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ, קִבּוּץ, lit. gathering, clustering ; plural kibbutzim ) is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism.… …

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  • 10The Garage (TV) — infobox television show name = The Garage format = Documentary film Reality television picture format = 480i (SDTV) runtime = 50 minutes (Discovery Channel)(times are not including commercials) starring = Graham Jock Campbell Alicia Campbell… …

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