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▸ verb: (figuratively, archaic) To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.
▸ verb: (falconry, veterinary medicine) To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.
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▸ verb: (figuratively, from sense 3) To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.
▸ verb: To add to or unite an object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.
▸ noun: (chiefly fiction and mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).
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▸ noun: (often humorous) A mischievous child.
▸ noun: A baby Tasmanian devil.
▸ noun: (British, colloquial) A supporter (or less commonly, a player) of the Lincoln City Football Club.
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▸ noun: A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.
▸ noun: An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man.
▸ noun: (British, dialectal) Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).
▸ noun: (video games, slang) Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”)
▸ noun: (biochemistry) Initialism of inosine monophosphate.
▸ noun: (biochemistry) Initialism of integral membrane protein. [(biochemistry) A protein (or assembly of proteins) that is permanently attached to a biological membrane.]
▸ noun: (Canada, military, food) Initialism of individual meal package.
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