to transplant
14
4.2
- verb
- /ˈtrænsplænt/
:
trasplantar
- In the process, Mennonites were provided with the means to transplant their agrarian villages.
- transplant seed
- transplant culture
- transplant a community
This is not the ideal time to transplant bulbs.
- This is not the ideal time to transplant bulbs.
- All right, I'm hoping to just transplant my old Harmony remote setup here and just take up right where I left off.
- It's not very common to transplant, but you can transplant.
- And so I want to transplant in with all of my plants.
- It transplants the pollen and, like, trees get planted because of the butterfly, and the Caterpillar just eats stuff.
Examples
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You can now transplant trees, but they're expensive.
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When she heard the King's decree, Eva Van Daam packed up her family-- her brother, cousins, nieces, and nephews-- and transplanted them to the New World.
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We'll transplant it to the forest.
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But I do know that we need to transplant the Japanese Maple.
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Another crop that you should not start inside and transplant outside are root crops.
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When it is all clean, take some of the turf and transplant it to other valleys.
Fiction book (2000) -
I explained that transplanting a forest was a job of great delicacy and expense.
Fiction book (1992) -
The gardener decided to transplant the delicate seedlings to a larger pot for better growth.
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To improve the landscape, we can transplant some of the native flowers from the meadow.
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After careful planning, the biologists will transplant the endangered species to a protected area.
Synonyms
528
2.7
To move a person or thing to another place
147
3.7
Move to a new place and start living or working there
28
3.5
To spread an idea or activity to another country
14
3.3
To put a tree, flower, or seed back into the ground after moving it
5
6.3
Move something to a different place, time, or situation
1
4.7
To move a plant into a larger pot
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
11
3.6
A medical operation to move a healthy organ from one person into another who needs it
- Specialized
1
4.2
A surgery that replaces a damaged cornea in the eye with healthy tissue from a donor
How Far
377
1.4
147
3.7
528
2.7
14
4.2
363
3.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transplant comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and plantare 'to plant', like the familiar word plant. So to transplant is to 'plant' someone or something in a new place, for example moving a plant, person, or idea into a new situation.