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transplant
What does transplant mean?
transplant (verb): lift and reset in another soil or situation.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use transplant in a sentence?
- Transplant the young rice plants. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does transplant come from?
From Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- + plant.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to transplant
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “transplant” mean?
to view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine
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use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
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to consider or examine in speech or writing
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lift and reset in another soil or situation
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