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TRANSPLANTING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

Example:

she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation

Synonyms:

transplant; transplantation; transplanting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transplanting" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Derivation:

transplant (lift and reset in another soil or situation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb transplant

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