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# transplant

noun (a transplant, transplants); verb (transplant, transplants, transplanted, transplanting)

«transplant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. noun (medicine): An operation in which a damaged organ (heart, kidney, liver) is replaced with a healthy one from a donor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#m1)
2. verb (medicine): To move an organ or tissue from one person to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#m2)
3. verb (gardening): To dig up a plant and plant it somewhere else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#m3)
4. verb: To move people or things to a new place to live. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons, organ transplants save lives; organ donation (giving organs after death, or a kidney while alive) is a kind act; a blood type match is needed. In gardening, seedlings are transplanted from pots into the garden. Phrases: «heart transplant», «kidney transplant», «organ donor», «transplant seedlings».

### Examples

- She had a kidney transplant and is healthy now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#x1)
- The first heart transplant was in 1967. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#x2)
- We transplanted the tomato seedlings into bigger pots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#x3)
- Organ donors help transplant patients. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#x4)
- Water the plants after you transplant them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#x5)
- The family was transplanted from the city to a small farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#x6)
- Many flowers and trees have faded to-night, and Death will soon come to transplant them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/#x7)

### Note

Stress: noun TRANS-plant; verb trans-PLANT. Past «transplanted». Related: implant, organ donation. Trap: in UK and Wales the organ donor system is «opt-out», but families are still asked.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «transplant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«transplant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/transplant.html) on Mova free.