Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun transplanting

1 sense of transplanting

Sense 1
transplant, transplantation, transplanting -- (the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation")
       => movement -- (the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb transplant

4 senses of transplant

Sense 1
transplant, transfer -- (lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants")
       => displace -- (cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war")

Sense 2
transplant -- (be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 3
transplant, graft -- (place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient)
       => insert, infix, enter, introduce -- (put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text")

Sense 4
transfer, transpose, transplant -- (transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America")
       => shift -- (move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention")